What continues to amuse me is that so many people (in threads at other boards) were willing to condemn Ellison for being a jerk to "Gabe" while, as anyone who has a decent knowledge of the subject knows, had he had any interest whatsoever in teaching "Gabe" a lesson for being a punk (which is most certainly what "Gabe" was doing), Harlan would have cut him off at the knees before "Gabe" had any idea what was going on.
That he posted the nonsense he did on the Penny Arcade website/blog makes "Gabe" look more the fool than anything Harlan Ellison said to him/about him, either at the con or afterward. His later post (after Penny Arcade fans trolled not only Ellison Webderland but Harlan's wife, as well) only slightly ameliorated his foolishness.
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'Yes, but I think some people should be offended.'
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