Klarinet Archive - Posting 000384.txt from 2001/07

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Jumping on the Bandwagon - or jumpingoff....Mouthpieces and
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 16:47:54 -0400

The following comments (at the bottom of the post) by Roger Garrett
deserve a greater, and possibly, more honest reply than the following
when he replying to Neil Leupold's post, which was:

Is this meant to be clever? What's your point?

Next, David Kumpf reacted with:

Or perhaps, to whom is this addressed, Roger? The natural response, of
course, is "if the shoe fits, wear it." That seems pretty evasive - if
you
have a problem with me, be direct about it. (Clip)

Roger's reply was:

"David,

As you can see, it was not addressed to anyone. It was musings on my
part. It came into my head and I typed it down. I didn't send it until
I
was sure it was not directed at anyone in particular.

I don't have a problem with you at all. Why would I? You haven't said
anything that has upset me, and I don't know you except by way of the
list....." (Clip)

So, Roger, you were just "musing," but had no one particular in mind?

Such musings throws a guilt trip on anyone who wishes to participate, to
agree or disagree. This is intimidating. Do we want dialog in this
forum, or do we want what some, including myself, consider a lecture
wrapped as a thinly veiled allegory?

Please, tell us who you had in mind when you wrote what you did "with no
one in mind." Without a more open disclosure of your motive, I must say,
I find your "musings" most distasteful.

Respectfully, but nevertheless, quite upset,

Richard Bush

--- rgarrett@-----.edu wrote:
> When I was a young boy, there was a boy named Pat (last name withheld)
who
> always took advantage of other people's work. The work could be as
> insignificant as a discovery regarding a better way to complete a
chore -
> or worse - it could be as significant as taking credit for someone
else's
> ideas and honest reporting. Pat had a habit (like most good
politicians!)
> of making claims that were based on speculation - jumping on the
bandwagon
> when it suited his needs and backing off when the fire got too hot.
>
> Pat succeeded in politics - making it to the House of Representatives
in
> Oregon before someone exposed his motives and he was relegated to
starting
> over. Last I heard, he was defending himself on the east coast for
> suspicion of inappropriate behavior in his political aspirations. Go
> figure. The guy just didn't ever take a stand unless it benefited
> himself. He progressed on the coattails of others. Look where it got
him.
>
> When truth and ideas are overshadowed by an unquenched motivation to
make a
> profit - or, worse, to become important in other people's eyes, a
person
> has to stand back and ask themselves, what is the truth? What
information
> have I been given that will support that truth? What exactly is this
> person's motivation for saying what they have said?
>
> Best wishes,
> Roger Garrett

rgarrett@-----.edu wrote:

> When I was a young boy, there was a boy named Pat (last name withheld)
> who
> always took advantage of other people's work. The work could be as
> insignificant as a discovery regarding a better way to complete a
> chore -
> or worse - it could be as significant as taking credit for someone
> else's
> ideas and honest reporting. Pat had a habit (like most good
> politicians!)
> of making claims that were based on speculation - jumping on the
> bandwagon
> when it suited his needs and backing off when the fire got too hot.
>
> Pat succeeded in politics - making it to the House of Representatives
> in
> Oregon before someone exposed his motives and he was relegated to
> starting
> over. Last I heard, he was defending himself on the east coast for
> suspicion of inappropriate behavior in his political aspirations. Go
> figure. The guy just didn't ever take a stand unless it benefited
> himself. He progressed on the coattails of others. Look where it got
> him.
>
> When truth and ideas are overshadowed by an unquenched motivation to
> make a
> profit - or, worse, to become important in other people's eyes, a
> person
> has to stand back and ask themselves, what is the truth? What
> information
> have I been given that will support that truth? What exactly is this
> person's motivation for saying what they have said?
>
> Best wishes,
> Roger Garrett
>
> Roger Garrett
> Clarinet Professor
> Director, Symphonic Winds
> Illinois Wesleyan University
> School of Music
> Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
> Phone: (309) 556-3268
> Fax: (309) 556-3121
>
> "A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he
> describes
> another's."
> Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)
>
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