Continued from Part 3
Q: Why doesn't SOS answer all the emails they receive?

A: Much as we'd love to, we can't answer most email messages we receive, simply because we don't have the time nor man-power to do so.

Tom: Though they'll answer the e-mail if they can shoot down any ideas against them.. But if you have any valid points, don't count on it getting a reply.
Crow: That's just up for an excuse...

Most of the core SOS members have regular jobs or are students in school, so it's already not an easy task for them to be able to find the time/effort to keep the SOS website up-to-date. This has to have priority over the answering of individual email messages because our website can inform a much larger audience than individual email messages can. But as much as possible, we do read all incoming messages, and we do appreciate all the information/comments/support we've received. So to all of you who wrote us, here's a big "Thank You" for you! ^_^

Crow: Yeah! Well here's a big ....mmmmfffff....
Joel: *Covering Crow's mouth* You weren't gonna say what I think you were, were you?
Crow: What did you think I was gonna say?!

Q: If the SOS has been helping promote SM/anime in the west, why are there SOS-bashers? What have *they* been doing except to bash others who are actually doing something constructive?

Joel: *Shocked* OH MY GAWD!!!!
Tom: WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?! Patting themselves on the back for just existing?
Crow: *About to go Postal* Is it possible to brown-nose yourself??!!
Joel: Actually a lot of SOS bashers have been doing things. Many have been trying to tell newbies about the original or writing letters to SOS to have them take down parts of the Haruka and Michiru. Some have even started sites to help people find out about the original, including the Lunar Inquisition and DIRE just to name a few. So, SOS, we so-called SOS bashers have been constructive. It pisses me off that they are this full of themselves and talking about the rest of us like misled morons.

A: This has been a source of much puzzlement for us as well believe it or not ^_^

Crow: STOP IT WITH THE STUPID FACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Looks pissed*
Tom: They're smirking at us.
Joel: No, they're just amazed with themselves...

To date, the SOS has been the largest and most successful campaign for an animated program in the history of television. As such, one would expect every anime fan should support our course. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case. If we have to venture a guess, we think that most SOS-bashers belong to one of the following categories:

Joel: Let's see which one we fall under...

1. People who hate "Sailor Moon" and who thus hate anything related to "Sailor Moon."

All: Nooooo...

2. People who bear grudges against the SOS because we have been successful where others have failed.

All: Noooooooooooooooo.....

3. People who are misled by the rumors/lies about the SOS, often spread among newsgroups/mailing lists/IRC, and often by people in the above two categories.

All: Nooooooooooooooooooo....
Joel: What about all the people who are misled by rumors-lies _from_ SOS?

4. People who just like to disagree with everything for no reason whatsoever. (The Internet has more than its fair share of these.)

All: Noooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooo..........................
Crow: Hmmmm.. I guess we fall under 5.
Tom: And that is...?
Joel: People who want SOS to fix parts of their page with polite or slightly aggressive e-mails (depending on how pissed off they are) who are then either ridiculed by their PR guy or are spurned like rabid dogs. Or the person just gets ignored by SOS no matter what they do to instigate change for the better.
Tom: Oh. Okay, that's us. Good thing, too. I thought they had forgotten about us.
Crow: No, they just ignore us like all the e-mails I send.

For people who belong to categories 1,2 and 4, we really have nothing to say to them except "Grow up, please".

Joel: SOS, we would like you to grow up and loose your fascination with yourselves.

For people in category 3, we urge you to stop listening to 2nd-hand rumors and misinformation about the SOS and to let the *facts* speak for themselves. e.g. if someone said "the SOS told such and such lies", did *we* really say that? Check our webpage, or read our email newsletters, which are the *only* official sources of SOS information. Anything else you heard anywhere else is nothing but hearsay.

Joel: Well, that's strange, because when people tell me what such and such lies SOS told I go straight to the page and usually its right there.
Tom: Oh and please get the "*facts*" right then, if you please. ^_^

For example, we recently posted that the series would air on The Cartoon Network starting as early as June and would be included in their 4-6pm Toonami block of programs. When we received an update from the network that they had decided to start on Monday, June 1 at 4pm, we happily posted this news on our site but someone thought that this news conflicted with what we had reported earlier! They thought that we had made errors and false claims in our reporting. But we keep our stories posted so that everyone can see what we have reported in the past so that they can compare. If you (or anyone else) believes that we have made some false claims or errors--we'd like you to check our site first and read for yourself exactly what we reported. We wouldn't want anyone to make false statements, lies

Crow: "False Statements or Lies"!!?!?!?!?!?!!? Isn't that what you put on your site? Well, you can just...mmmfffffff.....!!!
Joel: Calm Down, Crow....
Tom: The SOS is willing to make false statements and lies to get the further adventures of Serena and Co. not for the outer senshi... Joel, they're gonna murder the outer senshi...
Crow: THOSE BASTARDS!!!!

or errors about us without first checking the facts. Q: Why is the SOS always so positive in their campaign? Why don't they get insanely mad at the insults some threw unfairly at them? Are they angels or something? ^_^

Joel: OH MY GAWD...AGAIN!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE??!!
Tom: They truely are obsessed with themselves...
Crow: AND THE FACE AGAIN, TOO!!! *Has gone postal* *Starts running around the room pissed off...*
Joel: *Grabs Crow* Calm down, Crow...
Crow: *Starts beating the shit out of Joel* *Cussing like a drunken sailor*
Tom: I SAID STOP IT!!!!! *Cracks a chair over Crows head but misses and hits Joel*

********

Dr. F.: *Tears of Joy* It worked, Frank! It WORKED! I've finally broken Joel.
Frank: Umm.. it's getting pretty bloody, Dr. F., should we break it up?
Dr. F.: Why?
Frank: Well, look at poor Joel.
Dr. F. : *Looks at screen* Okay, and...?
Frank: Nevermind.

********

Crow: Hey, look. It's almost over! *Stops beating on Joel*
Tom: *Drops bloody chair leg* You're right.
Tom and Crow sit down.
Joel pulls himself off the floor and onto the chair...

A: We like this show. You might have heard of it. It's called "Sailor Moon." It's got these girls with really big eyes

Crow: *Being a crazed old Pirate Captain* They have big eyes I tell you. BIG EYES!
Tom: Why are they acting like they have the mentality of a 4 year old?
Joel: Because they do.

and they do all these things and there's all these evil people who are trying to stop them and they try to suck

Crow: they suck....
Joel: Croooooooow....
Crow: Nevermind..

all the energy out of people and these evil people are like really negative--that's why some of them are from the "Negaverse"

Tom: Those negative bastards...
Joel: Why are they all from the Negaverse? There's no way in hell that they would all come from the Negaverse.
Crow: Cause the people at DiC are morons.

but these girls who fight back they try to be positive and so that's why we try to be positive too. Have you seen this show?

Tom: Rainbow Bright?
Crow: Care Bears??
Joel: E.R.???
Tom: It's over? We're freeeee!!!!
Our three heros leave the theater.

**********

"So Joel, are you a broken man?" said Dr. F. from Deep 13.
"Well, that one was close, but as soon as we realized we had to work together to get past it, it had no true power over us," said Joel.
"Sounds like something from Sailor Says, Joel," said Tom.
"Don't even mention the American Sailor Moon in my presence or I'll kick your ass, Servo," threatened Crow.
"Oh well, I'm getting some sleep. Good night everybody," said Joel.
"I'm with ya Joel, though I may have nightmares for the rest of my life," said Tom, heading back to his room.
"What are you still doing here?" said Dr. F., looking at Crow.
"---- you," cursed Crow as he kicked the camera in. "I'm going to bed."

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