Announcing the retirement of Mappo

As some of you may have noticed, I have had much less time to pursue the exposure of Larz as the hypocrite and liar that he is as of late. In brief, I have accepted a promotion at my job, and I simply don't have the free time necessary to properly detail Larz' lies. I will not be posting on either Larz' site or the media update site in the future. If you see my name attached to a post at either site, be assured it is not me. I will leave this web site open and specifically the comment section to this post open so that those of you who wish to discuss Larz without the fear of censorship may continue to do so.

A few points before I go:

1. Larz recently made a post about the NIU shooting. I don't have his exact words, but amongst discussion of local news coverage of the event, he said something along the lines of "Only 3 or 4 people were injured so I don't really see why it should be that newsworthy or important." Of course, some might say he made that comment before all of the information was known (that ultimately seven people died, six of them murdered)....and this, ofcourse, is true. BUT THIS IS NOT AN EXCUSE!!!! If anything, one should have waited before making such a callous comment as anyone with a half a brain knows that information is often slow to trickle out in such situations, and basic human decency should have told you that you should wait before making such a comment in the midst of a potential tragedy.

Many on his board (rightfully) objected to the nature of Larz' post. So how do you think he handled it? Take a guess. Did he:

1. Admit that he had made a mistake and offer an apology.
2. Delete the whole thread (including the parts talking about local media coverage of the incident) and any other thread that attempted to bring up Larz' comment.

Obviously, the answer is number 2. Now, I don't expect Larz to be perfect. We ALL make mistakes, including myself. But what largely separates good people from bad people, IMO, is the ability to admit that you were wrong and apologize. Remember ja-ja? She once made a callous comment comparing someone who had started a new message board to a rapist. Bad stuff, right? But, she admitted she was wrong publicly and moved on....and that is commendable. I honestly believe Larz is incapable of such a feat. Does anyone ever honestly recall Larz admitting he was wrong about anything?

And remember...that thread had a lot of perfectly relevant discussion about Chicago media and its coverage of this tragedy. But because LARZ, and LARZ ALONE, made an idiotic and inappropriate comment, he decided to delete and trash the whole thing, with nary a word of explanation. And this from the guy who claims to only "rarely" delete comments. It's an absolute joke.

2. Larz recently emailed me privately and posted a somewhat similar message on the "media update" board. Although the tone of the letters were surprisingly cordial and respectful, I cannot say the same for the actual content. The timeline of his establishment of his site (and other statements) were filled with Larz' usual deceptions and half-truths. Those of us who have actually been following the situation for years, know what the truth is and know that Larz is being untruthful. Those that are Johnny-come-latelys (like Bloow Job), have no idea what to believe, so choose instead to believe the one that they have a man-crush on (namely, Larz). Which leads me to my next point.

...before that...I probably will be publishing Larz' email to me at some point in the future on this site...with a line-by-line dissection of what he is lying about. So my retirement will be a bit of a semi-retirement. Don't expect this any time soon, however.

3. I have come to the unfortunate conclusion that my continued presence on Larz' board has become a net detriment to my ultimate goal: having someone establish a successful alternative Chicago radio and media board. Despite Larz' clear deception in the establishment of his board, his classless continued trashing of Crow_on (only done after he stole many of that site's readership), and his shameful and hypocritical practices as a moderator at his own site, many have come to see me as the "bad guy." I think that this means that many people who might otherwise find Larz' behavior objectionable are pushed to defend him, despite some reservations they may have about some of the things he does.

So, this played a part in my decision to retire Mappo as well. Hopefully, either media update will pick up (sadly, I'm a bit skeptical) or someone else will start a new and successful board.

4. Finally, a note to Larz: Larz, you often complain about how Crow_On was such a negative place that that forced your hand to nobly start a new web site. I know and you know that this is a complete lie. But, for the sake of argument, let's just say that Crow_on was every bit as bad as you say it was, and that your web site, when it first started out, was just a place of joy and merriment.

Have you ever read the book Animal Farm? Probably not, seeing as how you are stupid. At the end of the book, many of the animals on the farm look in through a farmhouse window at their pig leaders and the humans, who used to rule over them. They realize that they can't tell any longer who are the pigs and who are the humans.

In a similar vein, you and your board is every bit as bad as the old Crow_On. You make insulting and inappropriate statements...and either refuse to back down or simply delete them as if they never existed without apology if enough people object. You have developed a system of cronyism where you refuse to criticize certain individuals or radio stations, and, in fact, criticize others who would dare to criticize those who you seek to protect. You hypocritically call for your board to be "more positive," but then engage in classless insults towards DJs who are being fired or are leaving town. When actual radio personalities post under their real names, they are subject to a barage of attacks and you tacitly approve of these attacks by admonishing the VICTIMS to "not try to get the last word" (so they're not supposed to defend themselves?) It goes on and on.

Larz, you and your site are every bit as bad as the things you have claimed and continue to claim about Crow_on and ja-ja.

Ta-ta, asshole.