Tiffany, while I share your opinion on this matter and Leslie's indignation, I don't think this post is a good idea. Thanks to this thread, Yuri and Adam's names will now be indexed on search engines and show up in Google et al linked to terrorism, Homeland Security, etc.

A respected educator and ATypI member was dismayed to discover that his name showed up in an archived ATypI Rome newsletter satire in which he is described as being arrested for the names on Roman statues to Greek. Funny at the time perhaps, but not when he had to explain to prospective students that no, he has not been in trouble with the law in Italy.

I suggest that you ask the Typophile guys to remove this thread.

Also, Google will show up their names linked with yellow cake. And Borst. Not to mention John Hudson. Of course, those that read the article after finding it on Google would, presumably, notice that its a satire.

It would have perhaps been wise to check with them first before posting (assuming they did not), but I think I'd like to hear Mr Yarmola and Mr Twardoch opinion on the satire and whether it should be removed?

Satire and parody hold an important position in many of our cultures for dissent and commentary, one I would not like to see disappear for fear of stupid people not realising that yellow cake and chocolate frosting is a somewhat unlikely WMD.

At the EuropaCup 2004 in Wiener Neustadt Austria the Russian team stepped off their bus after a 54 hour bus ride.

We met them as they arrived. I was talking to the coach who said 'We had to drive through Germany because the Czech Republic wouldn't issue us visas' <gb> Really? they're in the EU?

Talking to the Cubans on the Ukrainian team (in Spanish) we gave them bats and other things since they can't get anything. then we shared some Cuban cigars we brought from England.

My friend who just came back from Iraq told how the Iraqi's are selling Cuban cigars (old dry ones) to ignorant young Americans... for $8.

Gaddafi 'eyes Palace bid'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/3902583.stm

WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!! VOTE THAT FASCIST IGNORANT IDIOT OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, smoke kills:
http://users.pandora.be/stefdirrix/flash/smokekills.swf
I'd like to write that with Comic Sans.
AS

Now you've really done it, mentioning Comic Sans in the same thread as Yuri and Adam will forever connect them with that typeface when you search in Google.

A disaster!

"I suggest that you ask the Typophile guys to remove this thread."

I suggest that people not be so damned paranoid these days.

;o)

Just to make matters worse for this Google conundrum: viagra, free sex, porn, britney spears, pamela anderson, paris hilton, cialis, martha stewart, download, napster�

Check out Cutthroat Campaign flash video.
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Good going Leslie, Tiffany!

BTW, this is clearly a distraction tactic by Al-Qaeda elements who have infiltrated the White House. They're covering up for the imminent arrival of Just and Eric, who used to spell themselves not "LettError" but "LetTerror" (that part's no joke, actually). ;-)

hhp

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>. . . Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn�t speak up,
because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me. <

Thanks for speaking up Tiffany. I really mean it.

I used to like my country, faults and all but it is no-longer my country. It slipped away by the measure of a hanging chad. It now belongs to arrogant liars, selfish biggots, gluttonous thieves, and war mongering bullies. I hope next year to be able to say that there has been a change of ownership and that my country is once again for the people and by the people.

Give us your poor, your tired, your hungry, huddled masses yearning to be free AGAIN.

ChrisL

Thanks Leslie & Tiffany, I find this very entertaining. This did cheer me up, as did the fact that I was fortunately able to give some "virtual" talks at Fontlab Ltd.'s workshops at TypeCon, yesterday and today.

(I joined in over WebEx, a commercial online conferencing system that I must say I'm quite impressed with despite a few glitches.)

I definitely don't mind the story written by Leslie! But to clarify: I was not denied a visa but was rather victim to excessive bureaucracy that effectively prohibited me from applying for a visa in the first place. I described it in more detail for those interested. Yuri did not even plan to go to TypeCon this time, BTW. But I definitely don't mind Leslie's and Tiffany's poetic license!

Unlike my non-existent terrorist links, I do confess that it was me who commited that satire piece about the "respected educator and ATypI member" who was arrested for changing the names on Roman statues to Greek. Damn it, it's still online. Sorry Gerry! :> I really hope that the story depicted there is so absurd that nobody would believe it! In particular, prospective type designers who want to study in Reading. BTW -- when I spoke to Gerry, the only thing he complained about was that I referred to him as "scholar"

Best,
Adam

Chris is right. I love America, I love Americans, I morn her death.