Comments on: 3 tips for threatening many people at once

By: Joon

Joon — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:23:42 +0000

First of all, inrainbows is pure awesome. There will be a second of all when i think of it later.

By: Joe P

Joe P — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:18:37 +0000

I don’t remember that happening – I must have missed that assembly! I’ll get the juice later.

Hopefully, it was someone annoying.

PS – Go Illini # 18!

By: Presh

Presh — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:47:55 +0000

@Stanford Fan: That is a hilarious perspective.

@Rohomech: True, the incident may have backfired on the high school speaker too. What’s different is that he made fun of the kid tastefully rather than bully him like the RIAA appears to be doing.

By: RohoMech

RohoMech — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:19:13 +0000

Yea, its nice to hear someone talk about the case from a well-reasoned economical viewpoint vs all the “RIAA is teh suck” posts people are making about this verdict. Theres a few blogs looking into the legal ramifications, but I think your three points are more important, since its public perception that people want.

On a related note, the student that was taken up on stage, the stunt could have backfired on the speaker, ie, the audience could have sympathized with the student and started booing the speaker! That’s almost the reaction the RIAA is getting, just try to find a headline like “Finally the RIAA gets a win!”…no its all stuff criticizing the the jury, the judge, and of course the RIAA.

By: Stanford Fan

Stanford Fan — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:34:42 +0000

Interesting take on the RIAA story. I think another example of the “principle of embarrassment” is how the Stanford football coach taunted USC at the beginning of the season and then the team wildly upset the 41-point favorite USC in its own house. Seems like a good way to send a message to the whole conference, if Stanford can keep winning.