Just a couple of thoughts vis a vis faith, religion and the professors thereof...delete now if this might offend you. It seems increasingly obvious to me that as long as it isn't Patiotic, male, or Christian that 'any' thing may be talked about. This bothers me and it bothers me that the "christian values" remark drew a mild rebuke for having been made. Ask yourself this...had the remark been of "Good Muslim values" or "Good principles of Buddhist doctrine", or some such, would it have drawn the same mild rebuke? I think not, unfortunately. I don't think that pianotech is the place for discussions on religion or the relative values, or disvalues, thereof. Rather we should be thankful that some members of pianotech believe in something, be it Buddah, Allah, Jewah, Jesus, Judaism, or (put in your personal favorite), rather than just the 'almighty dollar' and the principles of Kants "Categorical Imperative", and rather than than some undefined "good solid business principles" based on 'relative' morality. I praythee 'all' to allow the occasional personal religious comment , of whatever faith, pass by without reacting as if someone stole the Kings clothes. Show that writer the same courtesy that you would any other remarks that you don't happen to agree with or think appropo to pianotech, i.e. delete it. This will allow 'all' the list to accept or reject those comments as they see fit without any others of us having to come to the rescue of their 'feelings' or 'sensitivities'. My view FWIW. Jim Bryant (FL)
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