A Commentary on RaceFail 09

[sun_stealer]

By Longcat, had I known of it, I would be reveling in it as we speak, stoking the flames. I'm still researching it looking for the juicy parts and the best I could find was John Scalzi's thoughts on the issue. From what I can tell, it is the greatest flamewar on record, a category 5 Shit Storm. It has consumed several social networking sites,

Comments

[rick_day]

er...

what are you talking about?

[sun_stealer]

I'm talking about Racefail 09. If you've ever read the Lottery or the Crucible, it's pretty much that.

[fpb]

I stayed deliberately out, even though one of my friends was involved, because all the sides I could see from where I stood were from my viewpoint quite in the wrong. And passionate about it. Yes, it is possible to have a debate where all the sides are wrong; it happens very often, and it is one of the many reasons why discussion and debate are badly overrated in the modern world.

[lucilla_1789]

I've enjoyed it enormously, even that I didn't even understand half of it, being foreign and all...

Is it still going on? Last bit I saw had something about Mammoths.

[sun_stealer]

I bought the Mammoth Book of SF the moment I heard about it.