This Not Only Involves Pook, it involves the integrity of the sosuave community
Stackthestyles said:
I can't believe how high you value Pook.
Stack, it's fine that you are of the opinion that Pook is over-rated. In this regard, nobody will hold it against you. because not everyone agrees, nor has to agree with Pook's writings & his thinking. Not everyone has to see value in Pook's writings. i respect that, & your opinion of Pook. However, it is wrong when somone fabricates a tall story to tarnish another, be it against Pook or anyone else.
in the case of smoothplayer, his story abt his day with Pook clearly shows some points of inconsistency within the paragraphs (as some of us had explained in the previous posts). The story is also incongruent with someone(smoothplayer) who wasn't known to have engaged in any open discussion/debate in this forum with Pook suddenly posts a story abt him
rambling abt seduction theories & sarging in a mall. Sorry, but the story just doesn't fit. (Remember the time when you tried to tell a lie & someone knew at once you were lying because the lines somehow just didn't fit?)
Stackthestyles said:
Nice to know you've all made a deity out of an author. Don't fool yourselves with the credibility and the actions of a man you never knew personally that they would NEVER take a certain action. It's like the woman who says "he would never do that". Or the nice guy who begins to change, and people exclaim "but your so nice"!
i do not personally know Pook, i do not know his personality, his character. But all the articles he wrote CONSISTANTLY reveals a certain train of thought & a kind of style. The story which smoothplayer had spun simply didn't fit with the spirit behind Pook's articles.
Stackthestyles said:
Pook can fvck up. He could be a social retard KBJ.
That is possible. Even so.. if i knew i were a social retard & i could fvck up, i wouldn't be so foolish as to agree to meet up with someone from the sosuave community & let him know how badly i screwed up, would i ??..
Stackthestyles said:
The only thing that makes him great in your eyes is his knowledge(commonly associated with wisdom, but no where near) and his writing style(narrative/third person/first person). It is not generally the knowledge though, it's the combined presentation of the knowledge.
That is correct. Even though he claims that he is wrote those articles as a way to talk to himself & he didn't care abt the dynamics of the sosuave forum, it is clear to many of us that his writings have influenced many of us.
Reading his articles, i learn not from him, but I LEARNT FROM MYSELF. His articles caused me to DIG FROM WITHIN MYSELF & make connections with my past experiences and thus deepen my understanding about what it means to be a Man.
Think about it. How many writers in your lifetime have you known who's writings has been so uniquely framed, engaging yet easy to grasp...so enjoyable & inspires you to discover some pearls from within yourself.. If Peter Drucker (management writer who just passed away recently) is regarded as one of the most influential writer about business, then i consider Pook as one of the most influential writer in the sosuave community.
Although this thread seems to be centering around Pook, it's actually about taking a stand against someone (of questionable credibility & integrity) trying to make a subtle attack on another's reputation by fabricating a story. If we just stood by & do nothing, the contributions of other Don Juans (ie. Jariel, Senor FIngerz, Shezz, Killapetehog, & many others) would subsequently be discredited, & thus cause a stain in the fabric of the sosuave community.
This cannot be allowed.