Naa, it was funny to me and funny to anyone who is remotely familiar with ESR. It would be like Bush offering a campaign head job to Donna Brazil..
Oh, I figured there was a great deal of history behind it. It's just no excuse for being an a$$hole, and then bragging about it to the entire world.
Call me old fashioned, but I'm just not all that impressed by Mr. Raymond's decision to masturbate in public.