ROM MORRIS EMAIL UPDATE
Here are the emails so far in full: I AM IN GARNET - RON IS IN PURPLE
MY FIRST EMAIL:
From: The Cool Chicken
Sent: Sun 3/9/2008 1:34 AM
To: Morris, Ron
Subject: A question
You know… I don’t get you. You are one of the most hated men in Columbia SC. You constantly do everything you can to attack Gamecock Athletics. Most readers of the state and those that can bear to listen to your monotone and painstakingly boring commentaries; consider you nothing more than an ambulance chaser with a vendetta. I say ambulance chaser because your attempts at addressing the hot topics surrounding gamecock athletics are nothing more than insecure pleas for attention. Look at me! Look at me!
I and many others think you are a joke. Yet you continue to do it. Why?
Do you enjoy being despised? Do you get some sort of sick pleasure out of it? What is your purpose?
I have always thought that most journalist do what they do to bring something to society as a whole. However, it must be clear to you that you don’t. You are not taken seriously. Your name has become likened with something to be disliked and yet you just keep right on writing on. Please tell me why. I truly want to know what drives a person to be such a tool. What is the point?
I can’t tell you how many times I have heard your voice, read your articles and felt sorry for you. You must know. You must know that you have no legacy and nothing of importance to say. Yet you keep on saying it.
So again, I ask the question… why? Why do you do it? Help me understand.
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Subject: RE: A question
From: "Morris, Ron" rmorris@thestate.com
Date: Sun, March 09, 2008 6:11 am
To:
Thanks for the email. I trust you understand that I am a columnist. My job is to address issues in sports. It's OK to disagree with my opinion. You obviously have a passion for USC athletics. Good for you. That's what makes sports entertaining.
ron
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From: The Cool Chicken
Sent: Sun 3/9/2008 3:57 PM
To: Morris, Ron
Subject: RE: A question
Ron,
Ok so you are a columnist. Insert columnist in to my last email for the word journalist. You still have not answered my question. So... please answer it. Why do you continue to do something that no one wants you to do? Also, let me pose a couple of things to you.
1.) I don't need you to tell me it is OK to disagree. Most sane people do.
2.) You are not a part of sports. You do not make it entertaining. You do the exact opposite. Again, you are a ambulance chaser.
3.) I do have a passion for USC athletics. You seem to hate it and that is why I ask you why you bother to write about it.
4.) Your job? Fine. Let's say it is your job. Who do you do it for? The readers? Guess what. They don't like you. So... let's try this just one more time... why do you do it?
Normal people (those of us with souls) prefer to do jobs in which we actually are appreciated for what we do.
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Subject: RE: A question
From: "Morris, Ron" rmorris@thestate.com
Date: Sun, March 09, 2008 1:12 pm
To: The Cool Chicken
The Cool Chicken (assuming that is your name, since you don't have guts enough to put your name on it):
Someone must be reading it. I'm still employed. I get the most number of hits on our Internet site.
Maybe it has something to do with you not wanting me to address important issues. Perhaps you would prefer that I only write puff stories about USC athletics.
I write what I write because I deem my subjects as the most interesting of the day. Pretty simple. I also put my name to everything I write. it is what responsible people do.
ron
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From: The Cool Chicken
Sent: Sun 3/9/2008 4:50 PM
To: Morris, Ron
Subject: RE: A question
Ronnie...
Calm down. Take a valium or whatever it is you chew to help you sleep at night. You must need something.
My name is pretty easy to figure out. It is in my email address. As matter of fact, even slow people can get it. You did. I know you put your name on everything you write. You seem to need that attention. Look at me! Look at me! I am controversial. Oooooh watch out!
As far as hits on the internet site... Britney Spears and Hitler get a lot of hits on the internet as well. It doesn't mean people like them. You are most like a car crash. You don't want to look but you can't help it. People read you to hate you more. You are still employed because the state is more concerned with selling papers than actually being a pillar and providing a service. Ambulance chasers sell papers. Much like those loved guys who take pictures of celebs in compromising positions... sell tabloids. So, if that if what you wish your name to be known for then... you are indeed doing a good job.
Fluff... how is that your peers seem to be able to address the same issues with out damning the university? It is not that I want you to write fluff... I (and many others) would prefer that you keep your opinion to something that is discernable as truth and not just an attempt to "ruffle feathers" if you will pardom the pun.
How is it that many other schools have programs whose legal troubles dwarf those of South Carolinas yet you don't have "columnists" constantly bashing their local university?
Responsible people also make sure they are writing something that is truly their belief and not just taking shots at someone for the hell of it.
To close... I believe you are a tool. It is OK to disagree with my opinion. But... not necessarily smart.
-The Cool Chicken
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Subject: RE: A question
From: "Morris, Ron" rmorris@thestate.com
Date: Sun, March 09, 2008 6:22 pm
To: The Cool Chicken
Cool Chicken,
Whatever. . . . Is that your last name?
ron
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AND HERE IS MY MOST RECENT RESPONSE WHICH HE HAS NOT REPLIED TO
From:
The Cool Chicken
Date: Sun, Mar 09, 2008 7:07 pm
To: "Morris, Ron" <rmorris@thestate.com>
Ronnie,
Did you make a "W" with your fingers when you wrote that witty retort? I didn't realize I was emailing Alicia Silverstone.
Why are you askng me about my name so much? Are you trying to go back to that whole responsible thing? I was thinking about that and it seems as if you were trying to discredit my opinion because of the format in which I express it. So, is it your position that your opinion only matters if a.) you are an employ of the state and b.) your name is on it? Because history and even many in your industry would disagree. However, I applaud your attempt. Granted it is transparent as usual and pretty weak but at least it was an attempt. A lot of people/writers will attack the source of an opinion versus the opinion's merit. I attack you in both ways but since you are unable to combat my charge, you try to discredit it by holding up your responsibility shield. Of course, journalistic integrity doesn't really apply in this instance. Even you pointed out that you are not a journalist.
Look... I only want one thing from you. Admit it. Admit that you hate the university of south carolina. People might even be able to respect that. You say I have no guts. I say you have no balls. You like to attack USC but don't have the testicular fortitude to actually say you hate them. Your career would be over and you know it.
Like totally.
-The Cool Chicken
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So let's see if he has the balls to respond.
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