dagblog - Comments for "Respect to Ricky Martin for coming out" http://dagblog.com/arts-entertainment/respect-ricky-martin-coming-out-3233 Comments for "Respect to Ricky Martin for coming out" en Maybe if he posted it as an http://dagblog.com/comment/11053#comment-11053 <a id="comment-11053"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/11052#comment-11052">Ok. Dude. I&#039;m glad for Ricky.</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Maybe if he posted it as an op-ed at the New York Times, as opposed to RickyMartinMusic.com.</p></div></div></div> Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:46:19 +0000 William K. Wolfrum comment 11053 at http://dagblog.com Ok. Dude. I'm glad for Ricky. http://dagblog.com/comment/11052#comment-11052 <a id="comment-11052"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/arts-entertainment/respect-ricky-martin-coming-out-3233">Respect to Ricky Martin for coming out</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Ok. Dude. I'm glad for Ricky. Really.</p> <p>But you cannot (i.e. not) read that piece above and not mock. REALLY mock. And you're a mocker, and that's genetic, and I'm just not sure it's permitted to back off like this. I mean, could you beat this combination of hype, over-the-topness and complete self-absorption?</p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #111111; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Many people in the world are not ready to accept your truth, your reality, your nature....</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #111111; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Today is my day, this is my time, and this is my moment....</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #111111; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">If someone asked me today, “Ricky, what are you afraid of?” I would answer “the blood that runs through the streets of countries at war…child slavery, terrorism....” </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #111111; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">These years in silence and reflection....</span></p> <p>So. If you're gonna back off of this mockingest opportunity, you have to pay a price. and that price shall be.... that from this day forth... we get to put the unmocked words of Ricky Martin... in your mouth.</p> <p>Yes, that's right, shoved down your throat.</p></div></div></div> Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:39:11 +0000 quinn esq comment 11052 at http://dagblog.com