The Gutter Press vs The Internet:

In a post by Dr Mani, he referred to John Reese as a child, over Reese’s recent responses to articles which he felt attacked him. I won’t even bother to give credit to the attackers by mentioning them. That is what they wanted from the start.

I think the word “child” conjures up the wrong image. John Reese is not a child and AFAIC he doesn’t act like a child. IMHO he is impulsive, passionate, brash and he likes to win. He is highly competitive (Napoleon syndrome) and sure, any non positive comment can get his back up and make him bark.

But JR is “just a man” who claims he can makes money for himself, and claims others can also by doing “some” of the things he says. Not all.
People have no right to idolise him and view him as a teacher. That is their look out! DANGER WILL ROBINSON!

I “follow” Howie Schwartz, but I do not want to be him, ethically. But I take from him what I need to work in the way I do wish to work (ethically). But knowing what business tactics some people are prepared to go to, means I can be more effective, in my small way and protect my back where I can.

Personally I’ve never bought a John Reese product, ever. I have no intention to either.

Like everyone else, that is my free choice. If I don’t like the way he acts, or what he says earns him money, then that is our free choice. He has made money. Good for him. It’s not compulsory, or infectious, or a birth right. I have no idea how much money he makes on his own, without people paying to hear his money making “formula”. I have no idea and I don’t care. I don’t feel it will help “me”, so I pass.

John Reese plays computer games avidly. That doesn’t mean we should all play computer games to be successful.

If people are going to be such sheep that they think they have to emulate someone to the extent of everything they say and how they act, then there is little hope for them and there is no way to protect them from bad influences. We have to hope people are wiser and stronger than that and can make their own decisions, for themselves and interpret and be selective about what they assimilate!

We have to have faith in people, that they are not sheep. People need to learn not to be sheep, or in Internet Marketing terms, Lemmings (jumping off the same exhausted gold mine cliff).

Looking at the debacle, I think JR actually produced some quite reasoned arguments at what he considered an attack. There’s even a lesson in there about how other people can perceive what you do.

Of course we must realise that we can only please a few people, and some people will always hate us. But we can use that to strengthen what we do for the people who do lie us. We can question our own resolve. But we can never please all of the people all of the time. Even “the Gods” can’t do that!

JR has even said to me directly, that negativity isn’t worth the energy, when you could be directing it at something positive (curing the world, making money, loving yourself).

That is to his immense credit!

I still argue that there come a point when we have to speak up and challenge injustice and crime and con men. Name calling doesn’t work, but if we feel something is misguiding or misleading people, or hurting people, then surely we have an obligation to speak out.

I think JR finally reached that point And the injustice involved himself.

We all have the right to speak up and put our side of the story. There are always two sides to a story!
It does very little good (i.e. people still got burned as witches) but for own sakes at least we can say, no actually I don’t believe that about my self, at the least. A personal affirmation to continue? And mother nature knows we need personal encouragement…

The trouble seems to be that many people live such empty meaningless lives of their own, that they revel in the pain and misery of others. They like watching arguments and fights, so long as they aren’t in it.

Do SOAP operas perform any real function to society? Do they teach? Do they air things which should be publicly debated? Do people learn how to solve their own problems through watching these fictitious versions of events?
Are they just mindless entertainment? Do they simply distract, or do they fulfill a darker need in humanity? Misery…

The Internet has become a place for sensationalism and traffic generation by being “topical” and “controversial”. Any person bigger than yourself is fair game to “knock” and to get traffic by going, NO he is wrong. It’s slip stream marketing.
I even do it myself. But normally I have a genuine legitimate ethical reason underlying it.

In my post that JR is wrong about video marketing, my aim is not to reduce his sales, or sell my own version. I genuinely think that he is portraying a video spam scenario, which will HURT the industry and waste the money of people who try it. You can read that post to see if I have a point, or not.

But to gain traffic, pseudo journalists and blog wanna be’s will deliberatley post controversial responses. They win when the accused responds and gives them credibility. They win even more, if a flame war breaks out. Because for them, any news is good news, as it means traffic. They need the celebrity slip stream.

Do they say anything of value of their own?
Is it a debate, a vote, or is it a PR hijack and public linching?

Yet you will read in amazement the very next time this happens. We all pause to oggle at the road side accident. We are animals. And it happens at a prime evii level.

The bigger question is, once we come back to humanity, can we judge on the real issues.
Is the content unique and of its own value. Or is it just a “me too” argument, where someone says NO just to gain attention.

What have I done here?
Have I profited from someone elses misery?
I have added any original value to the discussion?
Have I fueled the fire, or have I added food for thought to the “debate”.

I’m not sure

My main point are;

1) It doesn’t matter what someone else is doing, it matters what you are doing. (caveat injustice)

2) Try not to revel in misery and destruction when you can create your own unique stuff. “Why report when you can invert”

3) Don’t search for magic bullets in other peoples words. You are not a sheep. Make your own decisions.

4) Don’t just assimilate everything. Learn, grow, filter, decide for yourself your own take on it and then take action. If it isn’t something you can action to change your life, why did you waste your time reading it?

So I didn’t make that point to trash JR or to monetise in his slip stream. I genuinely think he is encouraging the early death of the video marketing industry.
I’m sure that wasn’t his intention. But yes I guess some people are sheep and will take what he is saying and ruin it for everybody.

Like in World War II, careless words cost lives.

There’s an old saying, “never look at a cobblers childrens’ shoes”.
I hope people can see the parallel here.