I don't see why we just can't all be jerks.

'Twas interesting.

For all these years, Byrne complained about people mocking his public comments because he thought he was getting an unfair rap (what he dismissed as "bad Byrne stories"). He doesn't think he's the jerk everyone else does.

But -- to his credit, I suppose -- I never noticed him whine about people quoting him from his Web site. He seemed to understand that comments he posted about whatever -- Steve Irwin, other comics pros, Latinas with blonde hair -- was going to be circulated around the Interwub.

Oh belive me he hates people copying quotes from the web site, he has many times mentioned that the copywrite notice on the website means that people should not do it