More on the defense of Rob Ruiz - By N.L. Belardes
Here's an email I got today...
Rob is a great guy and I don't blame him for being upset. Who wouldn't be insulted by being referred to as a "beer guzzling schleprock?"
So, in response to Skinnygirlfatgirl's question "What is he so angry about?" I would have to say he is probably angry about being publicly demeaned by someone who once was a good friend.
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Ronna
I would have to say that since Mr. Ruiz admittedly did not deny my description of him in the DIM reunion article, how could I have insulted him? My words were easily defensible had he simply stated, "It was a rock and roll life, so what? I lived it."
As far as being publicly demeaned by someone who was once a good friend. History isn't demeaning. It's a pursuit of truth, and is just one perspective of such a pursuit. The friendship clause is a dead issue. Any friendship was ten years ago. He clearly never returned phone calls. And that is beside the point. Why should I lie about the DIM controversy of firing Mr. Ruiz when it was integral to the story I wrote? Certainly he or anyone else can write another account and are welcome to do so. I certainly don't think being called a drunken schleprock in a rock band is publicly demeaning. All I am stating is that in this case he appears to have been terminated in part from what I have been told is by excessive drinking. So what? Peter Will recently drank himself to death. At least Mr. Ruiz didn't do that.
As I stated before, the little criticism Mr. Ruiz has received is nothing like the criticism I receive and many in the public eye receive. History is a taste of the past: good, bad, or ugly, and Mr. Ruiz clearly is embarrassed for his part in it. And that's sad.
Rob is a great guy and I don't blame him for being upset. Who wouldn't be insulted by being referred to as a "beer guzzling schleprock?"
So, in response to Skinnygirlfatgirl's question "What is he so angry about?" I would have to say he is probably angry about being publicly demeaned by someone who once was a good friend.
--
Ronna
I would have to say that since Mr. Ruiz admittedly did not deny my description of him in the DIM reunion article, how could I have insulted him? My words were easily defensible had he simply stated, "It was a rock and roll life, so what? I lived it."
As far as being publicly demeaned by someone who was once a good friend. History isn't demeaning. It's a pursuit of truth, and is just one perspective of such a pursuit. The friendship clause is a dead issue. Any friendship was ten years ago. He clearly never returned phone calls. And that is beside the point. Why should I lie about the DIM controversy of firing Mr. Ruiz when it was integral to the story I wrote? Certainly he or anyone else can write another account and are welcome to do so. I certainly don't think being called a drunken schleprock in a rock band is publicly demeaning. All I am stating is that in this case he appears to have been terminated in part from what I have been told is by excessive drinking. So what? Peter Will recently drank himself to death. At least Mr. Ruiz didn't do that.
As I stated before, the little criticism Mr. Ruiz has received is nothing like the criticism I receive and many in the public eye receive. History is a taste of the past: good, bad, or ugly, and Mr. Ruiz clearly is embarrassed for his part in it. And that's sad.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2005.
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