I have been trying to follow the technical information presented on the subject of HT and ET, with objectivity and ignore the flare-ups. This has not been an easy task. I'm curious to know whether anyone else is under the same impression that this whole fray started when Bill flamed Conrad a while back for a post called "Horrible Example"? That flame was the first post I recall seeing from Bill, and it was not typical of the way most people introduce themselves on the list. There is no pecking order here, but we haven't all been here the same length of time, and some names are more familiar then others. When someone new enters the room and proceeds to attack one of the long time residents, it's going to cause resistance. So when you begin discussing another subject, it doesn't matter what the topic, you'll get a fight if you say that a cloudless sky is blue. Maybe Bill had been on the list before, but I don't recall seeing any other posts from him. It's clear that he knows a lot about tuning, but that first post to Conrad was a real 'in your face' attack. I think a lot of us read it and thought,"Geeze, this guy has a big stick up his butt." (maybe not those particular words) And that's what was (is) remembered when we see new posts. That original flame, in my opinion, is the root of the ongoing tensions. Seems to this recently thawed Downeaster anyway that the topic of tempering something causes blood to boil is just a bit too ironic. Am I missing something here? Gordon Large, RPT Maine (ready to take the gloves off)
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