It has become routine for the media to check certain options when it comes to reporting about new “psycho” teens – and checking if they had a vampirefreaks profile is probably already higher on that list than sorting through their myspace account or interviewing their parents.
I really doubt i need to comment anything at all about MB’s big pile of steaming bull there in detail, but if anyone from the outside didn’t think that people who follow a vampire lifestyle have some loose screws before, now they’re probably very certain:
The term “no comment.” isn’t an immediate sign of giving in wrongdoing and so far giving no statements at all has neither harmed the goth community nor the vampire groups who weren’t directly accused. So why, besides out of a pure need to have your name in the newspapers, be it as bringer of world peace or ( incase that didn’t work out) total nutcase should one want to comment on something that’s no direct fault of their own actions if it absolutely WON’T be interpreted the right way?
Probably someone got thinking “well, for everyone not already involved i seem to be the leading figure and first contact person in the vamp community and they get to know my books, too” – so everyone who reads it and is attracted by the never to be fully printed and hacked to fit media purposes text cut to give the impression of a total nutjob community of serial killers will think you’re the queen of the hill, good job.
Not that there’s much to change with the letter, since we have a warrior tradition and all.