− | Lately, Jimmy Wales has been spouting off about how he's afraid of me because of this "sick fantasy" as he calls it.
| + | Over the course of time, Jimmy Wales has been [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=490016615&oldid=490015895 spouting off] about how he's afraid of Gregory Kohs because of this "sick fantasy" as he calls it. |
− | http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=490016615&oldid=490015895 | + | Wales also says that he [http://www.mediaite.com/online/wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales-i-am-unwilling-to-register-to-vote-because-of-stalkers/ doesn't register to vote] because of his fear of a "stalker", presumably Kohs. |
− | In actuality, the gun is owned by a municipal police officer, and it was being fired on a private shooting range. The sidebar comment was just a joking, throw-away retort back to my friend Nicole Boxer. Jimmy Wales is the gun advocate, not me. Jimmy Wales is lying about being threatened, as usual. | + | Gregory Kohs '''responds''': |
| + | In actuality, the gun I am shown holding above is owned by a municipal police officer, and it was being fired on a private shooting range. The sidebar comment was just a joking, throw-away retort back to my friend Nicole Boxer, after the photo had been posted for more than two-and-a-half years. [http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l277/josephrunas/jim/arton12931-1332a.jpg Jimmy Wales] is a [http://web.archive.org/web/20010801233331/http://www.jimmywales.com/shotgun.html gun] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saturday-night_special&oldid=280255 enthusiast], not me. Jimmy Wales is lying about being threatened, as usual. |
| For any of the ding-dongs who still believe that Jimmy Wales is capable of penning one stroke of truth about me, let me set straight the record: I do not harbor any desire whatsoever -- either tangible or fantasized -- of firing a weapon near, toward, across, sidelong, underneath, above, over, zig-zaggy, in serpentine fashion, or at Jimmy Wales, his family, or his ex-family. | | For any of the ding-dongs who still believe that Jimmy Wales is capable of penning one stroke of truth about me, let me set straight the record: I do not harbor any desire whatsoever -- either tangible or fantasized -- of firing a weapon near, toward, across, sidelong, underneath, above, over, zig-zaggy, in serpentine fashion, or at Jimmy Wales, his family, or his ex-family. |
− | My joke was spawned by the fact that Jimmy Wales is (or at least was) an avid gun owner and gun rights advocate. I am very distant from Jimmy Wales on this plank in the political spectrum. I suspect that men who feel the need to emphasize their masculinity with frequent [http://web.archive.org/web/20011214134105/http://www.jimmywales.com/shotgun.html firing of their guns at groceries] may be compensating for deficiencies in other armament categories. | + | My joke was spawned by the fact that Jimmy Wales is (or at least was) an avid gun owner and gun rights advocate. I am very distant from Jimmy Wales on this plank in the political spectrum. I suspect that men who feel the need to emphasize their masculinity with frequent firing of their guns at groceries may be compensating for deficiencies in other armament categories. |