tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post6023111122616619788..comments2023-11-11T06:44:14.098-08:00Comments on Living In The Bonus Round: The Lone HeroSteve Schalchlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08151100118640317860noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-72754803040968052412007-01-18T06:44:00.000-08:002007-01-18T06:44:00.000-08:00Ack! I did write "2006" on this. And stupid me, I ...Ack! I did write "2006" on this. And stupid me, I didn't keep my file in the editing bay. I'd have to reconstruct it, which I will at some point. Not a big deal. But thanks for the correction. And I'm glad so many of you are agreeing with me about Mike. He's a doll.Steve Schalchlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151100118640317860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-63710449792481960152007-01-17T06:15:00.000-08:002007-01-17T06:15:00.000-08:00Steve thanks for writing about Mike and sharing wh...Steve thanks for writing about Mike and sharing what a nice guy he is. He was my guy from the very first day that he came forward, knowing what he'd have to face. <br />Dr. Martin L. King said, <br />"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." <br />Mike stood up for us. We need to Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-91004591031170107282007-01-16T22:57:00.000-08:002007-01-16T22:57:00.000-08:00Oh--and Steve, the title on the video is dated 200...Oh--and Steve, the title on the video is dated 2006; sadly (or maybe not), that year has passed. "End of the proofreader's moment. Back to your regularly scheduled programming."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-60397142543361177332007-01-16T22:46:00.000-08:002007-01-16T22:46:00.000-08:00If Mike had cared to, upon realizing Ted Haggard's...If Mike had cared to, upon realizing Ted Haggard's identity, he could almost certainly have managed to extort a fair sum of money from the Rev. Blackmail can be a lot more lucrative than difficult truth-telling, particularly when the truth-telling is going to bring all kinds of trouble and hardship to the teller. If he were just looking out for his own personal interests, Mike Jones would neverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-33960809292578028872007-01-16T20:21:00.000-08:002007-01-16T20:21:00.000-08:00to Mike:
Thank you, thank you, thank you. How ca...to Mike:<br /><br />Thank you, thank you, thank you. How can we ever thank you enough? I just wrote you privately this evening to tell you how deeply grateful I am for your courage, your integrity, your moral decency, for exposing the hypocrisy, for standing up to the fundamentalist dragon that would take away our dignity, our humanity, our presence in the world.<br /><br />We are all deeply inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-31807223851833668272007-01-16T16:41:00.000-08:002007-01-16T16:41:00.000-08:00In my youth, I spent a year as an escort and it wa...In my youth, I spent a year as an escort and it was the toughest job I've ever had. My gay friends knew and I used to be self deprecating and say "It's dirty work but someone's got to do it. And your right, so many escorts are as complicated, nice and normal as everyone else. Your observations on Mike Jones, speak volumes about your own kindness, because you recognize it in others.tomvancouverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768434405792058570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-38730617395414817162007-01-16T16:18:00.000-08:002007-01-16T16:18:00.000-08:00As any good boy raised in a religious home knows, ...As any good boy raised in a religious home knows, even Jesus associated with prostitutes, so Steve you are just being "Christ-like". Which unfortunately many good christians say they are but are not. The irony of some of this is mindboggling! <br /><br />Glad to hear Mike is coming out on top!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-61484276495910064342007-01-16T12:15:00.000-08:002007-01-16T12:15:00.000-08:00Most of us are endoctrinated to exist within very ...Most of us are endoctrinated to exist within very specific cultural boundaries. In our culture, escorts are outside acceptable limits. In Japan, female escorts are respected as Geishas. The distinctions are subjective.<br /><br />IMO, the operative issue here is Mike's previous violation of a primary American boundary, Puritanism. As a result, he already had an "outsider" status in our culture; Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-53275196338912962632007-01-16T09:16:00.000-08:002007-01-16T09:16:00.000-08:00Herb and Brian, you are so right. I think those qu...Herb and Brian, you are so right. I think those queens were just jealous that someone besides them was getting some time in the spotlight. Mike is a very gracious and kind person. These kinds of comments were very hurtful to him and I think he deserves much better.Steve Schalchlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151100118640317860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-66226183699642904752007-01-16T09:07:00.000-08:002007-01-16T09:07:00.000-08:00I think Mike Jones deserves a gigantic thank-you f...I think Mike Jones deserves a gigantic thank-you from our community. I love his honesty about having been an escort (even if he were still escorting it wouldn't change the fact that he did the right thing). I also think that we should be ashamed of our community for the shabby way Mike has been treated. We gay men, as a group, can be just as puritanical, hypocritical, judgmental, and mean Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com