Comments on: an open letter to beth in houston http://thisfish.com/an-open-letter-to-beth-in-houston/ Found the bike. Not changing the title. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: lpnurse_shark http://thisfish.com/an-open-letter-to-beth-in-houston/#comment-17368 lpnurse_shark Mon, 03 Jul 2006 07:48:43 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1228#comment-17368 <p>Brava Sarah. Your earlier post made me reconsider the time and angst I was putting into this. Thanks.</p> Brava Sarah. Your earlier post made me reconsider the time and angst I was putting into this. Thanks.

]]> By: Sarah http://thisfish.com/an-open-letter-to-beth-in-houston/#comment-17367 Sarah Mon, 03 Jul 2006 07:41:33 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1228#comment-17367 <p>It has nothing to do with being self righteous and everything to do with being able to place one's self into a greater perspective. It is a blog. That is all. Someone pinched a couple of paragraphs - yeah that's weird and a bit creepy, but it's not the end of the world and certainly not worthy of the hysteria afforded to it. And for the record, Lydia and Carrie, I do have creative hobbies (which is exactly what a blog is) and several members of my family are professionals in creative fields (both artists and writers who DO derive their living from it) however we are well grounded enough to know that what we do is not important in the grand scheme of things and none would carry on like this under the same circumstances. My current project is going towards helping victims of natural disaster and I could never kid myself that my ego is more important than their lives. Perhaps you should get away from the computer and take a look at what is really important in this world. And a blog isn't.</p> It has nothing to do with being self righteous and everything to do with being able to place one’s self into a greater perspective. It is a blog. That is all. Someone pinched a couple of paragraphs – yeah that’s weird and a bit creepy, but it’s not the end of the world and certainly not worthy of the hysteria afforded to it. And for the record, Lydia and Carrie, I do have creative hobbies (which is exactly what a blog is) and several members of my family are professionals in creative fields (both artists and writers who DO derive their living from it) however we are well grounded enough to know that what we do is not important in the grand scheme of things and none would carry on like this under the same circumstances. My current project is going towards helping victims of natural disaster and I could never kid myself that my ego is more important than their lives. Perhaps you should get away from the computer and take a look at what is really important in this world. And a blog isn’t.

]]> By: Sophie http://thisfish.com/an-open-letter-to-beth-in-houston/#comment-17366 Sophie Mon, 03 Jul 2006 07:02:27 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1228#comment-17366 <p>So... What happened?? Did you get the suckers?</p> So… What happened?? Did you get the suckers?

]]> By: Beck http://thisfish.com/an-open-letter-to-beth-in-houston/#comment-17365 Beck Mon, 03 Jul 2006 06:24:33 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1228#comment-17365 <p>Imitation is the most sincerest form of flattery, as they say Fish. As long as you continue to write so beautifully then unfortunately I think you will get other occurences of this. I have only one word to describe these acts of plagiarism: pathetic.</p><br /><br /><p>Please don't let this discourage you from writing. You are so talented and so many of us appreciate the pieces you share with us.</p> Imitation is the most sincerest form of flattery, as they say Fish. As long as you continue to write so beautifully then unfortunately I think you will get other occurences of this. I have only one word to describe these acts of plagiarism: pathetic.

Please don’t let this discourage you from writing. You are so talented and so many of us appreciate the pieces you share with us.

]]> By: Darren http://thisfish.com/an-open-letter-to-beth-in-houston/#comment-17364 Darren Mon, 03 Jul 2006 05:47:01 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1228#comment-17364 <p>It's a bit of a storm in a teacup.</p> It’s a bit of a storm in a teacup.

]]>