21 Jun
1997
21 Jun
'97
11:51 a.m.
Whilst in a self-induced trance, e.tedeschi happened to blather:
Scott Walde wrote:
While I fully agree with what Scott wrote in his (admittedly longwinded :-)
post, I'm not sure if it was stated simply enough....
> Back to the religion thing again... If I was
giving something away, and a
> person wanted it to use it for some purpose which I am 'religiously'
> opposed to (I can't think of a good example off hand) I would probably try
> to find someone else to take the item. I think that this should be my
> right. (I do have the right to practice my religion, don't I?) I hope
> you can see how this applies directly to the computer issue.
To put it in 4 words, I believe Scott is saying: "Live and let live."
So now the problem is clear...notwithstanding all the
previous
declaration to the contrary THERE IS a problem of someone being opposed
to some other use (and possibly location) of the stuff. I think it is
only fair that it is so.
If the problem is clear to you... could you explain it to me? My mind is
still dizzy from all this... :-) (Oh, and BTW, would you mind not yelling?)
What is NOT fair is to try to hide it and find other
excuses like...too
difficult to pack... to expensive to be worth bothering with it....too
much paperwork etc. Ain't we all in the same passion? If not then I
would rather not be here.
Personally, I had no idea that they still "shipped" (pun intended) things
on "the Big Pond." I would not have even thought to look for something
other than airmail, and I can attest (as I live on the Canada-US border)
that Customs can be a right pain in the behind.
See what I mean? (is this too much cultural for
someone?)
Well, no.
Enrico, I do have one question: Are you waiting for someone to say to you:
"You're right?" If so, I don't believe you've presented enough
evidence to
us to judge whether or not you are. I can say that several of the "points"
you've tried to make have been very vague and could be interpreted a number
of different ways. I've noticed that several people on this list has tried
to explain what they percieve to be going on, and I readily admit that I
don't know enough about what's going on. However, one thing I do know very
well is communication, and there does seem to be a major miscommunication
problem here.
I for one, would like to see you stay with the list, and yes, there might
be the occasional twit on the list as well, but I'm on 5-6 lists (two of
which I run), and I must say that I've seen fewer twits on this list than
on my others.
I have several friends I've met thru e-mail all over the world (and yes,
including the U.K... ;-) and I will say that I was offended with you're
insistance that this was a "foriegner" issue... This is called the "World
Wide Web" not the "U.S. Web." I can also guarantee that no matter what
country you visit, you *will* find at least one twit living there. Guaranteed.
Enrico, if you can clearly explain your position (with examples, if
necessary) to me in private e-mail, I would be more than glad to help you
out and would even be glad to act as intermediary between you and anyone
else with which there may be a communication problem. Otherwise, I'll go
back lurking and I will have no more to say about this thread. (I
promise!!! ;^> )
Just my tuppence worth,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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