If Jason were a mensch
Tuesday, August 14, 2007 by Dave Winer.
He'd apologize as follows. "Dave, I'm sorry I made it sound like you were the only person at Gnomedex talking back during my speech. In fact, the chatroom and Twitter were erupting, and people were talking in the audience, and you weren't even the first person to speak out loud. I'm also sorry for all the personal things I said about you, I have no insight into your personality, I'm still trying to figure myself out. At age 37, I haven't even had my mid-life crisis yet!" 
And he'd also apologize to Nick Denton.
"Nick, I'm sorry I called you a 'fucking liar' on stage at Gnomedex. I think sometimes you stretch the truth, and maybe you actually lie, but I lie too, and I wouldn't like it if someone talked about me that way."
"To our friends at Google I'd like to apologize for saying that your search engine is filled with spam."
And finally, he'd apologize to the people at Gnomedex.
"To the people who came to Gnomedex, I realize that you took time off from work, and paid to attend the conference, and in many cases paid for your travel and hotel, in some cases thousands of dollars, only to hear an advertisement. That might have been okay if my talk weren't about the evils of advertising and how it was destroying the Internet we know and love. Boy was that ironic and I am really sorry for wasting so much of your time and money."
Bonus 1: Wikipedia page and Google search for mensch.
Bonus 2: Wired report on the Calacanis speech, just after it happened.
Bonus 3: Dave W as viewed by Tim O and Jason C. 
