Klarinet Archive - Posting 000015.txt from 2000/10

From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Silly things with Clarinets (Oddly enough, remains apropos!)
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 15:19:57 -0400

Tony Pay posted:

<<<Your sweet-talking notwithstanding, I for one continue to regard your
association with M$'s current policies, and particularly with its legal
defence, a very deep moral degradation, and indicative of a
short-sighted view on your part of what is needed in the world. (Strong
business acumen, indeed!). =20

Politeness has nothing to do with social responsibility.>>>

Sigh. Apologies, listmates, for the following.

Believe it or not, it's inappropriate for me to debate the merits of the
current action on a public mail list. Golly, I might even have a
professional responsibility not to do so. In any event, I'm not going
to -- no matter how many silly little tag lines you put on after your
signature to goad me. This is a list to chat about things clarinet
(plus the occasional adventures of Shadow Cat). If you feel the need to
derive adolescent pleasure from bashing the company I work for, there
are many chat rooms set up for that very purpose. Please go there.

As far as the "very deep moral degradation" thing goes, well, what can I
say. It's a free country (ours is, anyway), so you can say what you
want. Ad hominem attacks on an open mail list just aren't very nice
things to do, though, and you're getting into the habit of making them
on this list. Please stop; it's inappropriate behavior that does not
reflect well on you.

kjf

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