No, Lee, I am not trying to "fool" anyone. If you (or anyone, for that matter) wants to speak negatively of Scott, you are going to keep doing it, just as you have been. Fine. But why would you choose a forum that is set up with the opposite concept in mind to air your gripes about just another human being? How about you get together and form a "What all is wrong with Scott Stapp" Discussion list? Then you can discuss his faults all day long, if you so desire, and noone at all could take issue.

Why can't you give the guy a break? He has encountered all of the same issues in his lifetime that we all have. He is just trying to be himself. So he is an artist, he is still human, with all of the human frailties that come it. Is it his fault that "everyone thinks he's a rock god"? What if, one day, he decided it was more trouble than it was worth and just stopped writing and singing the songs that make us all fans? What if someone scrutinized every move you made and pointed out your every fallibility, weakness and shortcoming? Like I said before, point out his imperfections if you must, but temper them with a few compliments or praise once in awhile, won't you?

"There are aspects of the band and their lives that we dislike.." Yeah, so what? Is their ANYONE'S life that is perfect and has no unlikeable qualities? I don't think so. But please, feel free to continue to point out every single tiny "um" or "uh" and be sure that you continue your undocumented expert analysis of how he cares for his voice and his vocal cords.

Hilaree

>From: "Lee Reed"

>To: flippenforstappy@MSN.COM, CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM

>Subject: Re: Quit picking on Scott.....

>Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 00:46:29 -0400

>oh, hilaree...who the heck are you trying to fool? i have spoken

>negatively

>about scott on this list, and will continue to do so, as long as it

>is

>waranted...i love his song-writing, but is it wrong for me to think

>that if

>he wants to continue to be the 'rock god' everyone thinks he is,

>that he

>should take care of his frigging voice? i speak positively when it

>is

>warranted, as well...if you had been here in the past, you'd have

>read the

>glowing reviews i've posted of the creed shows i've

>attended...obviously, we

>are here because we like creed...but there are aspects of the band

>and their

>lives that we dislike as well...is it wrong for us to speak our

>minds?

>well, that was a dumb question...of course it is...that's why this

>list is

>all of a sudden moderated...

>>From: I_love Scott_Stapp

>>Reply-To: I_love Scott_Stapp

>>To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM

>>Subject: Quit picking on Scott.....

>>Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 09:00:58 -0500

>>What does it matter to you mean people whether Scott takes too much

>>cough

>>syrup, pain pills or just too many Samual Adams? You constantly

>>pound

>>across the point that he claims to not be Christian, so who is

>>hurting?

>>How is he being hypocritical? What is your major gripe, anyhow?

>>He's

>>human.

>>You people who have nothing better to do than bash Scott on a

>>discussion

>>list directly connected to the Creed fan website need to get a

>>life. Sure

>>everybody has positive and negative lights to their persona, but I

>>have YET

>>to see any of you bashers post a POSITIVE word about this

>>inspirational

>>man. Scott was so right when he said, "There's just people who

>>don't want

>>anything positive to come out of this world."

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