Maybe it is.
I honestly don't see anything wrong with it. Brian wrote the email for Yuna, but he decided to share it with other people himself...? I see nothing wrong w/ it & maybe I suspect that others don't, esp. since the letter didn't contain any confidential information about Yuna that could damage her career and reputation.
But if he'd shared letters Yuna wrote him without her explicit written permission, I'd be incredibly upset over it b/c that's just low, altho there are people who think it's okay to share letters you got from other people as well.
Edit: Sorry to preface my post, I have to say that Brian showed only his email that he sent to Yuna. So it was his to show. But the going public part is what I'm talking about.
You don't know who would win if Yuna and Brian went to court. Silence doesn't mean proof is non-existent. It means one side well UNDERSTANDS the cost of going PUBLIC.
I don't publish my emails to people (I'm talking about my own emails to them). Its perfectly legal to do so. I still don't. Most people don't. Its not an isolated email but a part of a conversation. Its an incomplete picture and we perfectly know its an incomplete picture. We keep it in house because I consider emails to be like phone calls (maybe Brian Orser and a lot of other people do NOT).
I don't record my phone call, OMIT the other party speaking, and release it to the public. WHO IN THE WORLD would email if they thought it was ALWAYS OPEN TO PUBLIC. Why not just ... oh I don't know... twitter to communicate? Public message boards? BECAUSE ITS MEANT TO BE PRIVATE. Using it in court? Sure, its private (since courts are private FOR THAT PURPOSE, to protect people from having to get eaten alive by media etc). Using it to win a public opinion battle? Er... maybe?
I don't want my email saying I ate breakfast at 7 AM to be released to the public. If I wanted others to know, I'd tell others directly. Even if someone asked me what I ate for breakfast, I'd like that to remain private too. Since, I would either have to divulge my breakfast time email or remain silent and have everyone assume I'm hiding something. Its basically forcing someone to reveal/ disclose information.
Did Brian have a reason to? I'm sure he felt he did. Was it necessary? Perhaps it was. Public Opinion would have chewed him out. Did it reflect well on him? No. He came off as a bit disrespectful of someone's privacy.
Doesn't mean he did something wrong. But releasing the email, while legal, came off as untrustworthy. You don't spill beans publicly. Even if you wrote it especially if its part of a chain conversation. Who will share secrets with Orser now?
I for one would never have an email correspondence with him without having a lawyer (well maybe not a lawyer but you get the gist) go through my emails to ensure everything is in the vaguest of terms to avoid responsibility in case he goes public (even IF I'm not doing anything wrong). Nor would I share any secrets with him in case we get into a fight and he goes public. (Edit: I mean that I'm afraid something will get out that I do not foresee and cause some unexpected and negative result. That isn't to say he'll do that in my case but I just don't know anymore, loss of confidence).
Furthermore, there are many reasons for silence. Could be out of emotional hurt (just want it over with). Could be because one/ both parties are guilty of other things that they don't want becoming public (when one person rats, they go to the end. Brian Orser HIMSELF was on the receiving end of that in his personal life so he should know EXACTLY what that is like).
Theoretical Example:
Let's say party A and party B get into a fight.
Party A punched Party C. Party B was present. Kept secret.
Party B threw hot water into Party A's face. Kept Secret.
Party A yelled at Party B because of the hot water. Kept secret.
Party B goes public about being yelled at while saying there was no reason for Party B to yell. (Lie or maybe Party B threw the water as a joke and doesn't know A was unhappy aka misunderstanding)
Party A had hot water thrown into his face by Party B but because of what he did to Party C wants Party B to shut up so Party A does not further provoke Party B.
Party B knows this so basically poker faces Party A and blackmails Party A into silence in terms of result.
Obviously this is probably not why things went down the way they did considering the surprise of everyone involved. But to somehow portray Orser's email as not a negative thing (legal right! its his legal right!) is the same as defending Yuna's twitter (emotion! she has a right to express her emotion! legal right!). Disagree completely with this position. Both should have SHUT UP. From the beginning. And ONE SIDE shut up faster.
Yuna> Brian > ATS (although to be fair it was really only about the release of the music which I can understand).
If not for Yuna's twitter and cyworld posts, she'd still look like an angel. If not for Brian's email and song revelation, he'd still look like an angel. Not anymore. And they've only themselves to blame for it.
Edit: And yes, the twitter and cyworld posts <<<<< email and song revelation (clarification: as in the twitter and cyworld posts were MUCH worse).
I disliked Yuna's implication that not all things were rosy and that it was all for media consumption. Very unhappy with that.
I'm not going to argue the point.
I'm just saying people are dismissing the email and music release as meh, legal right, and the twitter and cyworld as OMG you went PUBLIC with your accusations!!! Kind of a double standard there.
Would probably me more accurate to say "email and music release" was not AS BAD as that grimace/ groan producing "twitter and cyworld."
If I come off a bit Yuna sided, I admit that the Orserbots are getting on my nerves (I already ignore the Yuna fans) recently a bit with a Orser does no wrong and is angelic (gone through a lot). He has definitely endured a lot of harassment he didn't deserve. He deserves a lot of support especially from Canadians. But no man is an angel and immune and no 19 year old girl either.
Last edit: and to be COMPLETELY honest (might as well be open with my own personal interests right? :yes::yay:
), I do have a personal interest in seeing Michelle Kwan back on the ice and that has a lot to do with Yuna and less Brian and yes I'd prefer that both parties shut up. Although I do try to be objective and fair. I also am not a bot of either. MK fan. Fan of FC too.
If you feel I'm really bashing one side for no reason, I hope I don't come off that way. And no, I don't think MK is an angel either. Great skater though. :thumbsup:
Last last edit: Yes, the interviews going on and on were not particularly great but it didn't feel like a breach, just more of a "hey do you mean what you say" kind of thing.
So no, I would NOT include the interviews endlessly going on in the same category as the twitter, cyworld, music release.
Email release a bit more debatable. I'm not happy with it at all and I admit there's an element of fear in there. I will not open an email/ desire to receive an email from someone who will go public with emails. That's just a fact for me.
And the only reason I object to the twitter is because of the "Lie" part and the cyworld because I do think "not everything was rosy" is an insinuation.
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