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jhetley ([personal profile] jhetley) wrote2007-03-29 09:15 am

Ah, the joys of the entrenched power elite

(Or why I'd never want to be an officer of the SFWA)

Been watching, with the sort of curious fascinating horror of a train wreck at a distance, "discussions" on some of the private SFWA message boards. Lots of bottles of 100-proof Old Animosity being passed around and emptied and smashed in the fireplace.

And they wonder why they have trouble getting people to run for office.

[identity profile] jhetley.livejournal.com 2007-03-30 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
It appears to be a form of ritual cannibalism, ingrained in the society.

I admit to ambivalence on Scalzi. He didn't know the elections were uncontested until he opened the ballot?