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Graham Christian wrote:
David, the truth is 99% of the time I would remain silent and find it funny. I have learned in life that the main, the single most important thing is hold your own counsel. I cannot stop nutters saying what nutters say and I'm not going to spend my life looking out and worrying about it. It's a waste of time and energy.
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Well, that's why I made the guy so extreme: not because I'm saying you're like that. I doubt you hate Islam or that you wear a pirate's hat.
But if a guy like that is telling people he learned it all from you....you wouldn't speak up?
I mean...it hardly seems that you "hold your own counsel" about anything.
Why would you hold it about that?
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Graham Christian wrote:
Truth always comes through and whoever does that kind of thing may have short term satisfaction but will become the bad effect of their own action.
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But if it blackens your name and the name of your art, as well as aikido in general...it can cause us all a lot of trouble.
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Graham Christian wrote:
If it's stupid enough then I would no doubt get calls from friends asking me if I know him and so it just takes a simple no.
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But the "call" may not be from a friend. And it may not be a call...if he insults the wrong people in your name....Ask Salman Rushdie, for instance.
So I think it's vital to be very clear about someone who claims to represent you...or your art.
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Graham Christian wrote:
For me, who cares, I don't. I'll leave that to those who want to end up nervous wrecks.
The old saying 'He or She protests too much'.
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OK. But when some nut job in a pirate hat is giving out ranks in your name, don't say I didn't warn you!
David