Apology/Will Truitt misses the point

[Will Truitt]

Tom:

I don't think I missed the point.  Indeed, in my first response to
Marshall's posting, I said the following,  " P. S.  My apologies to the
list.  Politics shouldn't be here.  But I have difficulty with the implicit
racism in the attached message.  Veiled bigotry has no place here."

Thus, I agree that this really is not a place where these kinds of things
should normally be discussed. It is not the appropriate forum.  

When any of us engage in name calling, we drag ourselves down to the level
of the original offender.  How does it serve any of us to continue to engage
in a pissing contest?  When all of us are shouting, no one is really
listening.  We don't serve our own ideas or anyone else.  

The intent of my second posting was to turn down my own volume meter and
hopefully engage in some constructive dialog before we all exit from a topic
that has excited many passions.  Perhaps this is idealistic or wrong headed
in your view - fair enough.  But I make choices in how I comport myself as a
planetary citizen, and so I choose here to try to move toward something more
positive.  Whether others choose to come along on that ride is up to them.  

Respectfully,

Will Truitt 




-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Tom Sivak
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 7:44 AM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: RE: Apology/Will Truitt misses the point

Will

Yeah, this is a great discourse on free speech and I'm
so glad you held back your gag reflex so you could
entirely miss the point. 

Excuse my capitals, but...

THIS IS NOT AN OPEN FORUM IN WHICH NON-PIANO RELATED
TOPICS ARE DISCUSSED.  NO ONE TAKES ISSUE WITH HIS
RIGHT TO SAY WHATEVER IDIOTIC THING HE WANTS TO SAY.  


WE TAKE ISSUE THAT HE SAYS IT HERE!

PERIOD!

The cat can poop in his cat pan all day and no one
cares.  Poop on the carpet and people get upset. 
Somebody needs to litter train this guy!

Tom Sivak
Chicago

--- Will Truitt <surfdog at metrocast.net> wrote:
> I held back my gag reflex and made myself watch the
whole
 thing so that my response could be an informed one. 
The
 supreme court has ruled that "hate speech" is
protected speech.  I believe that is correct, even
when I strongly disagree with the content.   The great
strength of a democracy is the free exchange and
debate of ideas. Freedom of speech carries with it
certain responsibilities.  Just because I am free to
say anything does not mean that I should.