Ric I already knew that you were a fervent adherent to a different religious perspective, as do many of the discerning on this list. It's okay, we still love you and hope it all works out for you in the end. But it isn't very civil for you to misrepresent what I said, or to chide me for questioning the platitudes of environmentalism, or to advance further tenants of the environmental faith system or to take pot shots at my religious perspectives, all the while cloaking yourself in an aura of pseudo non-religious enlightened multicultural open-minded diversity. I could say it sounds to me like what the word hypocrisy is per definition, but it would be unkind of me to use that type of language in a civil discourse. This limited exchange only illustrates my point: too much of environmentalism is deeply rooted in religious beliefs. Just because these beliefs happen to coincide with the religious beliefs of the list's self-appointed gatekeeper should not qualify them to automatically have a place on the Pianotech list. That is my perspective. Am I entitled to that? Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Richard Brekne Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 11:21 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: ecofriendly If its related to our industry in any way then I dont see any reason to discard it on the below basis Dean. I certainly dont see how your religious perspectives bear on this, nor mine. And I dont see any reason for without further ado throwing a whole subject area into a box labled junk science without even listening to what a person has to say ahead of time. Sounds to me like what the word prejudice is per definition. Ok... so I heard a joke this summer about the weather... global warming... etc... Why should we believe this stuff when they cant predict the weather 24 hours ahead of time. Its probably gone around. Still... at this point strikes me that something is up and it should be pretty obvious by now that all technologies should be interested in listening to how the general subject matter bears on theirs... including the private rebuilder. Just like it should be pretty obvious that the world has been around for more then 6000 years.... just like it should be pretty obvious the world aint flat either. Cheers RicB Off to Portugal for a week... will try and keep ajour of list life a bit... but ahhhh... I love living in Europe ! I'm not. Ecofriendly is too often a pseudonym for junk science. But that is my religious perspective, yours may differ, i.e., it ain't piano technology and should not be on the list. Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 Perhaps.... Presentation is everything in this kind of thing. It certainly is a worthwhile subject to focus on. But you will have a task finding the proverbial hook. As far as list discussion is concerned. Dont let anyone discourage you. I for one am interested in what you have to say on the subject.
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