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CONDE: Eraserheads Reunion Concert: An Apology  

Below is the email I posted today on the Eraserheads mailing list:

Guys,

I feel a bit like Daniel right now. But I feel I have to do this.

When I blogged about the Eraserheads reunion concert, I wasn't out looking for a fight. The rumors of the concert bothered me, so, like many bloggers, I blogged about it.

In hindsight, I admit that the tone of my post was judgmental on the Eraserheads. . . .

I also didn't set out to propagate my anti-smoking advocacy. Truth be told, I didn't have such an advocacy prior to this. (Four or five years ago, I tried smoking (Marlboro). Thankfully, the habit didn't stick.) I thought I was just blogging. I expected reactions, of course, but was befuddled by the level of vitriol that I got through the comments section of gmanews.tv and pinoypress.net.

In any case, because of this issue, I got interested even more in the behavior of tobacco companies. So now, I sound like an anti-tobacco advocate. Not that I'm apologizing for this position. I'm not. I still believe that Philip Morris is manipulating the public and I wish that the Eheads were in a position to ignore the company's offer.

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