[pianotech] To John, with no last name

[jim ialeggio]

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From: jim ialeggio <jimialeggio at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] To John, with no last name
To: jimialeggio5 at comcast.net


List,

I submit that john x, whatever it is (male, female) is a classic internet
scam.  They lurk, randomly seeking ways to push emotional buttons. Then they
push the buttons, and sit back and admire the effect. Consider it a sport.

We are providing some considerable sport by letting  X  yank our collective
chains.

X is not a piano tech or even piano related...this is about manipulation.

If you are tempted to get worked up about his comments, remember X's only
goal is to elicit an emotional response .

Kent, please consider that this is spam and needs to be blocked.

Jim I


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grandpianosolutions.com
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On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Will Truitt <surfdog at metrocast.net> wrote:

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> I would say thanks for the compliment if you gave any indication that you
> understood what I was trying to say.  Your response below disappoints me.
>   I rarely am one to believe that exchanging insults is of value to anyone,
> so I will continue to resist the impulse here.
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> You so easily judge people whom you have never met, and I would say that
> being judgmental in the way that you are is narcissistic and self serving.
> And just about dead wrong in your appraisals.  But if you can make your
> judgments from a far enough distance, you will never have to see that you
> are wrong and take responsibility for the offense you so easily give.
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> It serves you to think of this list as some kind of Good Ole Boy network,
> but I can tell you we fight way too much and disagree too much for that to
> be true.  But we mostly manage to do that with a reasonable amount of
> civility, decorum, and good humor.  And, if one of us takes ourselves too
> seriously, we get put in our place.  It works though because at the bottom
> of it is a deep respect that most of us share for one another.
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> I will take the liberty of believing that  I speak for a lot of people on
> this list by saying that we believe it is an instrument of great value that
> we want  to protect and nourish.  You aren't the first person called on the
> carpet for a  lack of decorum.  Your remarks are destructive, and we don't
> want them or you if that is the only manner  in which you choose to approach
> us.
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> I take offense at the remarks you have just made about Dale Erwin.  If you
> actually knew Dale, you simply could not make those remarks.  I've met Dale
> at  conventions, and have frequently corresponded with him on this list and
> privately.  Dale is a person who makes me realize what a joy and blessing
> this community is, and how fortunate I am to be part of it.  I am not
> blowing smoke when I say that Dale is one of the finest rebuilders in the
> country who freely shares his treasure trove of knowledge with anyone, and
> without ego.  He is also as kind and decent a person as I have met, and one
> who tries to live a good life with every breath he takes.   So it saddens me
> to see him so wrongly attacked by someone who is only serving their own ego.
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> You feel castigated?  Every single person of the many who responded had
> only good things to say about Jurgen.  It may serve you to think we are
> circling the wagons, but did it ever enter your mind that maybe, just maybe,
> you are wrong in what you said?  And that Jurgen is who we say he is?
> Jurgen confirmed our faith in him by the gentlemanly response he finally
> gave and, to his credit, he entirely resisted the impulse to respond in kind
> to you.
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> When the whole world tells you that you are wrong, it's time to look in the
> mirror.
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