The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part 14, version 2.0 — Page 59

i kept going back to the "i'm perfect" thing because honestly i've felt hostility since i joined this thread.

and more than once members of this thread of called other fans mediocre fans based on something they did.

yes, OS i agree that someone can be a fairweather fan, and may come and go when it comes to an artist, i know i am that way with say DMB, loved their old stuff, not a big fan of their new stuff, but i don't think that makes me less of a fan because i don't like it.

i just think before any of us call ourselves true fans or more loyal fans we need to be sure we are not being hypocritical. as was also said, what constitutes a real fan? someone who goes to a ton of shows and buys all the albums? because i've been called out for saying i'm excited to go to 6 adam shows and had many of you say that the more shows you go to the more bored you are. so does that make you any less of a fan? no, not in my opinon. and it doesn't make me any more of a fan because i am going to 6 shows and have all the albums.

i just believe people shouldn't talk out of both sides of their mouth.

i agree that for the most part everyone here is on the same page and that's why the group functions so well. as it should be, since we are all here to talk about a common intrest.

everyone also needs to remember that tone cannot be determined in a message board, so although you may think what you are saying is not rude or sarcastic, it may come across that way to other readers.

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^Reminds me of something ( or a few things) Adam said.

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and just for the record - we bitch just as much about each other as we do about the "other fans". We are equal opportunity bitchers.

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Updated On: 11/5/07 at 06:28 PM

Cheryl, I guess I'm a little confused with your comment because this conversation, at least IMO, hasn't hit hypocrisy. We aren't saying we're his best fans ever, and I don't think anyone here cares to try and claim that title.

i'm not saying that anyone has claimed that title, but when things are said like "mediocre fans", etc. it implies that the person making that comment is better than those they are commenting about.

I also don't believe any of us have the intentions of crossing that line into hypocrisy, so your warning to us comes off a bit unnecessary.

i honestly don't know any of you well enough to know your intentions, so this was not so much a warning as just a simple observation. i have seen conversations here where in one breath it is said that we love adam, we love the music, etc. and then the next post saying his shows are boring, he shouldn't have made that decision, etc. i'm not quoting specifics because it's not important who said what, it's that back and forth that can appear to be hypocritical.

The last time we discussed this it left people feeling hurt and there was tension between people who normally got along quite well. I'm really glad that this has turned out the way it has, and I think I now know what Lexi and Skittles were trying to voice the last time the "other fans" were brought up.

this is just my point... there shouldn't be "other fans". i know that i was not around for this conversation so unless someone wants to fill me in (if so please do it in a private message), i can only take that to mean fans who post on adam's myspace vs. here. maybe i am taking that the wrong way, but what makes them "other fans" they're fans, regardless of if they are here or not.

and just for the record - we bitch just as much about each other as we do about the "other fans". We are equal opportunity bitchers.

good to know!

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