Dave Winer: "John Lennon said the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. No argument, it was true, they were."
Dave, what external data do you have to back that claim up? Because I don't believe it was true then, and I don't believe it's true now. I love the Beatles - but there are over 2 billion Christians on the planet and I just don't think that group from the Sixties had (or has) that many fans. Sorry.
"Well, even though the vast majority of people have never heard of Steve or myself, we're more influential than John Lennon or Bob Dylan ever were."
Holy crap. That's the biggest load of self-glorifying garbage I've seen you post yet. Good luck hacking the media. Too bad you don't know that even Paris Hilton kicks your butt when it comes to influence. I really mean that Dave -it's too bad. But it's also true. How about a little humility, Dave?
Update: Now (6/9/2005) Dave claims it was all tongue-in-cheek, and is somehow justified because pot-smokers are in jail and people are being killed in Iraq.
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