Klarinet Archive - Posting 000487.txt from 1998/06

From: "Frederick S. Sterns" <fssterns@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fwd: [kl] Cheap Shots!
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 10:46:32 -0400

My annoyance was directed at those whose chose to go beyond the question of
the band director's judgment, assuming it was bad, and using that as an
excuse to paint the military generally as stupid and wasteful. I find
stereotyping distasteful, especially the gratuitous kind...even when
directed at musicians...which it frequently is!. FSS

>Content-ID: <0_897678055@-----.1>
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>I hope you are referring to the messages posted to the original comment and
>not the original comment. Because as I stated it was only my opinion and in
>fact I am in the Army Band and have been so for a few years.
>Bobbi
>In a message dated 6/12/98 7:03:01 AM, fssterns@-----.net wrote:
>
><<Just returned from a five day trip and found this post, among others, on my
>server. I don't think a gratuitous, cheap shot like this belongs on the
>list. I would be surprised if the author had any real experience with the
>military [and I am NOT a service member!] or he would not have posted what
>I believe is an uninformed, stupid, and senseless "political" rather than a
>clarinet related statement. That kind of comment plays well on the "slime
>time" TV shows and the list serves that mirror them, but I doubt the members
>of this list want to spend bandwidth on them. FSS
>
>From: Jason Hsien <jasonavhs@-----. Lacy
>+ADw-el2+AEA-evansville.edu+AD4-
>>
>>+AHw-On Wed, 10 Jun 1998 Clarbobbi+AEA-aol.com wrote:
>>+AHwAPg- I'm in the Army band and I think that your clarinet players were
>insane
>>+AHwAPg- to bring out their R13 and their Commander was even more crazy to
>let
>>+AHwAPg- them if they were his instruments.
>>+AHw-Actually, more than likely they didn't belong to the clarinet players
>and
>>+AHw-they certainly didn't belong to the conductor. They probably belonged
>to
>>+AHw-you, and me, and every other American citizen. In other words, they
>would
>>+AHw-have been bought by the government using public money raised from
>taxes.
>>
>>::sigh::
>>
>>The same government who bought that +ACQ-5000 toilet seat cover? (or
>something
>>like that, or was it just a joke/rumor?)
>
>>>
>
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>From: "Frederick S. Sterns" <fssterns@-----.net>
>Subject: [kl] Cheap Shots!
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>Just returned from a five day trip and found this post, among others, on my
>server. I don't think a gratuitous, cheap shot like this belongs on the
>list. I would be surprised if the author had any real experience with the
>military [and I am NOT a service member!] or he would not have posted what
>I believe is an uninformed, stupid, and senseless "political" rather than a
>clarinet related statement. That kind of comment plays well on the "slime
>time" TV shows and the list servs that mirror them, but I doubt the members
>of this list want to spend bandwidth on them. FSS
>
>From: Jason Hsien <jasonavhs@-----. Lacy
>+ADw-el2+AEA-evansville.edu+AD4-
>>
>>+AHw-On Wed, 10 Jun 1998 Clarbobbi+AEA-aol.com wrote:
>>+AHwAPg- I'm in the Army band and I think that your clarinet players were
>insane
>>+AHwAPg- to bring out their R13 and their Commander was even more crazy to
>let
>>+AHwAPg- them if they were his instruments.
>>+AHw-Actually, more than likely they didn't belong to the clarinet players
>and
>>+AHw-they certainly didn't belong to the conductor. They probably belonged
>to
>>+AHw-you, and me, and every other American citizen. In other words, they
>would
>>+AHw-have been bought by the government using public money rasied from
>taxes.
>>
>>::sigh::
>>
>>The same government who bought that +ACQ-5000 toilet seat cover? (or
>something
>>like that, or was it just a joke/rumor?)
>
>
>
>
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