I don't have a dog in the fight either way -- all I know is what I see on the page, and the names on the cover.
If they're not directly responsible, which I can concede is possible in some way or another, then it's still a very damning thing thing to have names plastered all over it.
The biggest reason it's being harped on is because, intentional or not, and regardless of who gets the finger pointed at them, this is case in point as to what's fucked up with the "let's market ourselves stupid and have a 4-hour work week from Ryan Lee and Jim Labadie's products" business model.
It's been a fucked up thing from the get-go, only nobody really seems to pay attention until something like this, or Jimmy Smith's screw up last month, or any of the other stuff that normally just gets written off as us being "haters" gets picked up on the radar.
It's shady all the way around, and this is one big reason why it's gotten out of hand.
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