Dr Bri and Haiti

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[b]mike hunt wrote: [/b]

I don't get it,  Why care what brian does or doesn't do?....don't you have a life?[/QUOTE]

I don't get it. Why care whether QZers care or not about what Brian does or doesn't do? ... Don't you have a life?

wait a minute, arn't you the guy who claims "I'm not a Queen fan"  what the hell are you doing on this site?.......loser!

First to answer the uncalled for aggressiveness :

I'm afraid what I did for Haiti is not the point. As for being told "to get a life instead of caring about what Brian does" by someone who has written 1892 posts about Queen - not that there is anything wrong with that -, it is quite amusing.

I will state my point one last time : I regret that since the Haiti earthquake, someone wielding influence like Brian, who in the past organised a global event to raise AIDS awareness, has posted twice about poor hunted foxes and has not had a single word about a global catastrophe for which fellow musicians have raised $66M in days (and of course raised
their profiles by doing so, but again is it the point ?)

Frankly I didn't think it would be such a divisive issue : Over 150 000 people have died, musicians around the world raise millions of dollars and our favourite rock star obsesses about foxes, as a fan it makes me feel sad.

Now I think I'll stick to music-related topics only!

And again, thanks Serry

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[b]mike hunt wrote: [/b]



I don't get it,  Why care what brian does or doesn't do?....don't you have a life?

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I don't get it. Why care whether QZers care or not about what Brian does or doesn't do? ... Don't you have a life?
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Where did he indicate he cares?  He's asking a (possibly hypothetical) question.

why does that make you sad?.....[img=/images/smiley/msn/sad_smile.gif][/img] you poor little brian may fan.

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I don't get it. Why care whether QZers care or not about what Brian does or doesn't do? ... Don't you have a life?
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Where did he indicate he cares?  He's asking a (possibly hypothetical) question.
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[b]Fone Bone wrote: [/b]



First to answer the uncalled for aggressiveness :

I'm afraid what I did for Haiti is not the point. As for being told "to get a life instead of caring about what Brian does" by someone who has written 1892 posts about Queen - not that there is anything wrong with that -, it is quite amusing.

I will state my point one last time : I regret that since the Haiti earthquake, someone wielding influence like Brian, who in the past organised a global event to raise AIDS awareness, has posted twice about poor hunted foxes and has not had a single word about a global catastrophe for which fellow musicians have raised $66M in days (and of course raised
their profiles by doing so, but again is it the point ?)

Frankly I didn't think it would be such a divisive issue : Over 150 000 people have died, musicians around the world raise millions of dollars and our favourite rock star obsesses about foxes, as a fan it makes me feel sad.

Now I think I'll stick to music-related topics only!

And again, thanks Serry

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why do I post so much?....I'm a fan of the band "unlike sebastion" who claims he's not a queen fan.  Also,   Why the aggressiveness?....I'm tired of reading endless crap about brians personal life,  or every little thing he says or doesn't say.  enough already!.... I'm convinced you're one of these brian may bashers who changed his profile name so no one would recognize you.

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[b]Fone Bone wrote: [/b]

First to answer the uncalled for aggressiveness :

I'm afraid what I did for Haiti is not the point. As for being told "to get a life instead of caring about what Brian does" by someone who has written 1892 posts about Queen - not that there is anything wrong with that -, it is quite amusing.

I will state my point one last time : I regret that since the Haiti earthquake, someone wielding influence like Brian, who in the past organised a global event to raise AIDS awareness, has posted twice about poor hunted foxes and has not had a single word about a global catastrophe for which fellow musicians have raised $66M in days (and of course raised
their profiles by doing so, but again is it the point ?)

Frankly I didn't think it would be such a divisive issue : Over 150 000 people have died, musicians around the world raise millions of dollars and our favourite rock star obsesses about foxes, as a fan it makes me feel sad.

Now I think I'll stick to music-related topics only!

And again, thanks Serry[/QUOTE]

You didn't answer the question asked several times.  What have YOU done, Fone Bone?  I'm guessing nothing.

> wait a minute, arn't you the guy who claims "I'm not a Queen fan"

Well, I don't know if I'm the only one who claims that, but yes. I'm not a Queen fan; I'm not a fan of any band, TBH. I like some acts (both groups and solo artists), Queen included. Still... it doesn't answer my question: why do you care whether people care or don't care about Brian's reaction to the quake?

>  what the hell are you doing on this site?

This site isn't exclusive to Queen fans. It's a Queen Discussion Forum, not a Queen Worship Shrine.

> .......loser!

Yes: it's quite likely that all of us (or most of us) have won and lost loads of times, hence we're all 'losers' and 'winners'. I, for one, lost a bet twelve years ago in the Germany vs Croatia football match. I also won sixteen years ago when I said Saudi Arabia would beat Belgium (in retrospect, it still seems quite illogical to have guessed that but that's what happened). So, if you say I'm a winner, you're right; if you say I'm a loser, you're right. Still... it doesn't answer my question: why do you care whether people care or don't care about Brian's reaction to the quake?

> I'm afraid what I did for Haiti is not the point. As for being told "to get a life instead of caring about what Brian does" by someone who has written 1892 posts about Queen - not that there is anything wrong with that -, it is quite amusing.

Cheers!

> I will state my point one last time : I regret that since the Haiti earthquake, someone wielding influence like Brian, who in the past organised a global event to raise AIDS awareness, has posted twice about poor hunted foxes and has not had a single word about a global catastrophe

And that's a valid question. There's nothing wrong with wondering about what happened. Some people are just too sensitive about the doctor, and everytime somebody asks about him or says something that's not 'he's God, he's Almighty, Brian please fuck me!', they think we're demonising him or whatever.

> Frankly I didn't think it would be such a divisive issue : Over 150 000 people have died, musicians around the world raise millions of dollars and our favourite rock star obsesses about foxes, as a fan it makes me feel sad.

The point some have made (which is also valid) is that maybe he's already donated or made some sort of anonymous contribution. People, especially artists and scientists (and Brian's both), are sometimes quite ... variable, not in a hypocrit sense - some days we're more talkative than others. Brian posted a very long message about Maurice Gibb and a relatively short one about Rick Wright - it doesn't necessarily mean he liked Maurice more than Rick (though maybe he did, only he'd know for sure), he may have been in better mood for an obituary in the former case.

Same here: it's only a guess, but he may have felt there was nothing else to say, he may have wanted to make some silent donation, he may have been involved in personal issues keeping him from updating his Soapbox as often as earlier, he may have taken it pretty hard, hard enough to be left speechless, etc.

> Where did he indicate he cares?

He at least cared enough to ask. So do I.

> He's asking a (possibly hypothetical) question.

So am I.

> why do I post so much?....I'm a fan of the band "unlike sebastion"

Actually, it's Sebastian, with an 'a'.

> who claims he's not a queen fan.

And I'm not. I may be a QueenZone fan, but not a Queen fan.

> Also,   Why the aggressiveness?....I'm tired of reading endless crap about brians personal life,  or every little thing he says or doesn't say.  enough already!....

It's also annoying to read endless crap about what people write or don't write about Brian, or every little thing people say or don't say about what Brian says or doesn't say. Enough already!

> You didn't answer the question asked several times.  What have YOU done, Fone Bone?  I'm guessing nothing.

You didn't answer the question asked several times. Why do you care about whether people care about what Brian says or doesn't say? Don't you have a life. I can't guess if you do or don't, since I don't know you.

Jesus Cunting Christ ....

Whether Brian has donated or not,  its his business nobody else's

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[b]Zebonka12 wrote: [/b]

Jesus Cunting Christ ....[/QUOTE]

lol,  couldn't have said it better myself.

OK,
In spite of some Mayniacs just being rude, a few fair points have been made, notably by Sebastian in his latest post.

Speaking of him, whether he wants to be labeled as "a fan" or not is his problem and a question of semantics. He certainly has enough knowledge and appreciation of the band's music to contribute to the Queen fan community more than most on these boards, me included.

Microwave, if you must know, I did what I could on my level, which is a modest donation, but then again I didn't accuse Brian of not giving money, how could I know, I was expressing uneasiness at Brian using his public figure status to rant about fox hunting when there is a more immediate, tragic and worthier cause.

Hopefully at some point he will have a great initiative regarding Haiti and this whole topic will disappear into a vortex :)

In a way, I understand his point: regardless of tragic events in the world, people still kill foxes, and if he's keen on expressing his dismay, then good for him. There are enough artists taking care of Haiti to have that covered: there's not much he could add to that cause.

Just noticed that on the [url=http://www.brianmay.com/whatsnew.html]main portal into his site[/url] there are prominent (second from top) links to the Disasters Emergency Committee and the American Red Cross with a 'Haiti Earthquake Appeal' reference.  I think that covers it well enough and in a similar fashion to other artist sites, with no real need for redundancy on the Soapbox.