Time Team

A: I had no idea it was nearly 20 years old.

B: I completely missed the fuss in February.

C: I also missed the fatality in 2007.

You know how I often have a 'don't read the comments' warning?

Self-admitted Texan Elizabeth Moon suggests treating people like chattel goods, as is the custom of her people, and it is not close to being the craziest thing you will see at the other end of this link.

What was I doing in 2009

That resulted in

And then, they're disappointed and can't seem to understand why casual SFF readers don't give a shit about the John Clute, M. John Harrison, and James Nicoll of this world?

Seriously, if you say "John Clute, M. John Harrison and", "James Nicoll" is not going to be the name that leaps to mind to complete the trio.

(For the record, I like a lot of anime, dislike many comics not because of the medium but because many comics are fuck-awful but, and this is the important bit, many are not, and ditto for movies. I prefer SF to F but A: that's more of a chocolate versus butterscotch thing than my god over your heathen beliefs thing and B: F and SF overlap a lot)

Dear subconscious

Why is this song in particular ear-worming me today?

Question

Is there a point to things like this? Is the judge the sort of person who could be swayed by a petition or would he just double-down and sentence her to a longer sentence to make an example of what happens when people criticize his decisions?