Dave Bow's feature this week profiles Vince Vallejo, the "29-year-old creator of PDXLair, Portland's foremost online hub for pickup artists (or PUAs)."

Guess who showed up in the comments?

I will admit, after reading this story I feel a bit misrepresented.

I'm actually beginning to feel a bit like Michael Jackson; it's amazing how things can be misunderstood, misrepresented, and otherwise misinterpreted when delivered in "choice" snippets" and not put into proper context.

Understand: Dave had a job to do: to tell an interesting story. And that he did.

But I would like to add a little...

First of all: I despise the words pick-up artist, and seduction, and the like. they're too much like 'player' and imply a person who is out merely for sex, exploitation, and self-interest. Furthermore, I strongly disagree with much of what the so-called pickup artists teach: canned lines, routines, and bedding women (for "game").

That is not what I am about and that is not what I teach.

My site promises to help men become more attractive to women.

Understand?

The techniques are universal, son.

Oddly... attracted... Must read more....

Seriously, go read the comment thread. There's a healthy debate about whether not PUA's are misogynistic sociopaths, or just nice dudes who want to meet a nice lady. (And then another nice lady. And another one.) And then there's this:

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