Ron, Granted that the analogy does break down at an early point as most analogies do. I trust however that the point was made clearly enough. Greg Ron Nossaman wrote: > > > > If the power and position of the Guild were such as the aforementioned AMA > > then I could see where the use of a title would inspire confidence from our > > customers in us and perhaps to a degree from one of us to another but such is > > not the case. > > If we are now required, or even presumed to have automatic confidence in any > AMA member with a Yellow Page ad, I'd like the bus stopped please. This is > where I get off. It is my experience, impression, and conviction that the > percentage of chronic incompetents is roughly equal in any professional (or > amateur, for that matter) field you could name. In addition, each and every one > of us has the capacity for transient stupidity episodes, even if we are mostly > harmless and competent The difference is that in our profession, the customer > loses money or property in a botched job. We don't get to kill and maim our > customers all that often, so the AMA probably isn't the best of all possible > choices for comparison. > > Ron N -- Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté 12970 Harlon Ave. Lakewood, Ohio 44107 216-226-3791 mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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