Klarinet Archive - Posting 001153.txt from 1997/08

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: Bass clar. price and more
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 13:39:27 -0400

On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, Neil Leupold wrote:

> I refrain from describing the incident
> in detail because it is immaterial to the essence of my intentions.

CAUSING A PERSON'S REPUTATION TO BE TARNISHED WITHOUT EXPLANATION OR
SPECIFICS IS CALLED SLANDER.

> The contribution was made for the purpose of caution, sans any
> explicit testament, with an offering of alternatives in order to
> provide a positive actionable conclusion to the warning.

OR...MORE LIKELY, AND BASED ON PAST BEHAVIOR, YOU ARE ANGRY AT IMS AND ARE
USING THIS FORUM AS A WAY TO GET REVENGE FOR SOMETHING YOU FEEL WAS UNFAIR
TO YOU.....BUT YOU ARE NOT PRESENTING ALL THE FACTS.....THEREFORE, THERE
ARE NO FACTS TO SUPPORT YOUR STATEMENT THAT IT IS PURELY FACTUAL! WHO
WILL BELIEVE YOU?

> The subject of the thread strayed slightly from center concerning
> whether or not it's appropriate to publicly recommend against a given
> vendor as freely as we seem to recommend in their support. This double
> standard is hypocritical at best, but we live in an imperfect world.

SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO AND SAY WHATEVER WE
WANT IN THE NAME OF FREE SPEECH......SADLY, MORE PEOPLE USE THAT FORUM AS
A SHEILD FOR THEIR INABILITY TO WORK WITH OTHERS IN SOME KIND OF POSTIVE
WAY. I WOULD VENTURE THAT NEIL'S PROBLEMS WITH LISA ARGERIS PROBABLY STEM
FROM THE SAME PROBLEM THAT CAUSED PEOPLE TO REACT NEGATIVELY TO HIS
STATEMENT ABOUT HER IN THE FIRST PLACE. HE PROBABLY COULDN'T BE CIVIL IN
HIS DEALINGS WITH HER.

No double-talk or semantic hocus-pocus.
>
> Neil

AS A FORMER FELLOW-TEACHER ONCE SAID TO ME, "IT NEVER PAYS TO GET IN A
PISS FIGHT WITH A SKUNK!"

RG