While it's commendable to want to defend one's friend, there are some instances when you'd be doing that friend a far bigger service by telling him that what he is doing is wrong. It's also nice to speak up about the money you've made from that friend, but so too is it obvious that we'd all be making a lot MORE money if that friend and others like him weren't supporting those that steal cash directly out of our pockets. Anyone that truly understands the Zango business model would know this and agree.
Maybe those defending their old friend and their wonderful client with deep pockets are the true whiners here, if there has to be whiners at all that is. The malodorous stench of asskissing is certainly present. For it is they who choose to ignore the theft that is going on right under their own noses and instead throw ridicule and insults at those who are merely voicing their protest against said thievery, or to use an even better word... scumbaggery, all the while praising the thieves as being captains of the industry and buyers of many drinks and much partying. Incredible, yet incredibly transparent.
Yes, it becomes scumbaggery when your old friend, that great guy who has spent gazillions with you on advertising or sent cheques to you that only a large dumptruck could carry, chooses to support companies that by their very nature steal from all of us (including you), all the while basically laughing it off and ignoring the concerns of affiliates.
I'm not singling anyone out in particular but I would hazard a guess that Lars takes the lion's share of the heat because the company he represents is at the top of the heap as being named one of the worst offenders of supporting the zangos of the world. There are certainly others who are on that offenders list with him...
http://www.zangoblacklist.com/
That being said, I'm sure of two things: the seminar will be packed.
And life will go on.