Hi Bill, Please STOP wasting band width! At 02:07 PM 11/30/97 -0500, you wrote: >In a message dated 97-11-24 07:38:17 EST, you write: > ><< While it is always > permissable to offer your opinion, it can be quite another to dictate > what is offerred by someone else. >> > I've never dictated to anyone that which may or may not be permissible. > I have been quite shocked however by some of the language and useless >negative remarks I've seen on this Forum. Yes, I am new to it but I still >don't think I have to wait until I get used to seeing people call pianos >"POS" and "Merde" as well as comments intended solely to belittle someone >else, their work or their reputation and that offer virtually nothing >constructive, to say something about it. > There has been far too much negagtivity in the PTG organization in the >last few years. It needs to cease. Continuing it here will serve only a >destructive purpose. > We can and should, indeed, have a sense of humor, and express any and all >feelings of good cheer. We should also talk about our problems: defective >materials and workmanship, manufacturing design defects, and poor, unproven >and useless remedies and techniques. > Since this is an open forum that virtually anyone may enter, do we really >want the general public to know that we regard certain people, pianos and >practices with such disdain that we use base and vulgar language to descibe >it? It's not that I don't personally use that kind of language from time to >time or think about privately in the most base and negative ways, what I >would really like to do or say to someone whom I think really shouldn't be in >the business. We have paid good money for this computer equipment and spend >valuable time using it. If I want to hear and engage in the kind of dialog >that some here want to be able to so freely toss about, I know where I can >go to hear it much cheaper. > Remember the old saying, "people who live in glass houses should not >throw stones". I don't want "POS" and "merde" in my computer files or >students and the general public reading those things and forming an opinion >of the level of professionalism that is common to PTG members based upon >those kinds of comments. Those kinds of expressions are easy to fling >around. They are also easy to read and much more noticeable than truly >thought out responses which hold information and opinions of substance. It >takes time I would rather spend on something constructive to delete all of >the worthless negativity. > Sincerely, > Bill Bremmer RPT > Madison, Wisconsin > "I only have one real enemy...Mediocrity" > > Regards, Don Rose (drose@dlcwest.com)
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