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Originally Posted by Ramako
What. The. Fuck.
Who the hell do you think you are?
I'll admit that I'm often annoyed by Cal's "smack-talk," frequent use of hyperbole or proclivity to jump to wildly optimistic conclusions, but the fact is that Cal has absolutely no obligation to spend several hours a week of his time walking around Toronto taking photos and uploading them here for our benefit. He doesn't get paid and no one gives him anything more than a residue of thanks. He's taken it upon himself to take these photos and upload them onto this website because, as he said, he wants to share his passion with us, much in the same way you do when you share your beautiful renders.
But rather than appreciate his effort, you have the gall to call him lazy and selfish for not conforming to your criteria. "Lazy" and "selfish".... for walking around the city for hours on end taking photos for us to enjoy. What a sense of entitlement you have. I can only imagine that if someone bought you a paperback as a gift you'd throw it in their face and demand the hardcover instead. If you care so damn much about properly labelled photos, why don't you get off your own damn ass and post photos yourself?
You really are the most ego-centric, self-righteous and arrogantly sanctimonious person I've ever encountered on either UT or SSP, and that's saying a lot.
Cal, I wouldn't blame you for an instant if you simply chose to stop posting photos altogether. Fortunately for us, you don't seem so petty.
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Despite everyone's penchant to defend inconsiderate behaviour, I always think of the up-and-coming skyscraper enthusiasts in Red Deer Alberta or East River Nova Scotia who get turned off by the constant Toronto-centric nature of certain forumer's posts. Those nascent contributors who would feel left out, because they are not in-the-know and not part of the big city.
I picture myself the same 9 year-old, desperate to understand the wonderful world of skyscrapers only to be ignored, discluded and eventually disillusioned because I am not deemed important enough to enlighten with other people's knowledge.
Noblesse Oblige is a tenet that instructs: "With great power, comes great responsibility."
Knowledge is that power at stake and with said knowledge comes a great responsibility to share it wisely. Indiscriminately withholding that knowledge is tantamount to elitism and class-ism. Being considerate of fellow humans, who may not possess the knowledge that you hold, is a common courtesy of civilization. We do not berate those for not already knowing something that we ourselves had at one point to learn.
Calling these people stupid or irrelevant for not already knowing the information speaks to the self-centered, ego-centric and elitist nature of the critic. While others may be concerned only with their own gratification at seeing the pretty pictures, I constantly think how others would perceive them and how better to disseminate the information in a thoughtful and inclusive manner.
Allowing a person special privileges of this nature, due to perceived value of their contribution is equivalent of a double standard afforded celebrities and the law. Ipso facto: they are famous therefore we should hold them to a different standard.
That irks my egalitarian nature and thus I spake forthrightly. I was not the one that initiated this most recent incarnation of this same dispute. It has been mentioned time and again by several forumers. I am only the one that magnified the attention to an already disputed action.
The arrogance may seem to be mine, but I assure you the arrogant nature of deliberately withholding data, because the readers are not worthy of the forumers time and effort, points squarely at said forumer.
I am a avid reader and contributor to SSP and only wish a fair and equal experience for everyone. That's who I think I am.
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