My apologies. OT-was bridge pins Reply is definately off thepianotopic. Sorry

[Carl Meyer]

Well, so much for keeping OT off the list!!!!

I didn't choose this particular message to respond to.  It was just the last (so far).  Easier to hit reply.

The effort to keep posts re: politics, religion etc off the list has only suppressed it down to a low roar.

Actually, I rather enjoy them up to a point.  They tell me a lot about the sendee and doesn't affect my beliefs at all.

People go to two extremes.  Some make all decisions in life and base their beliefs on pure unadulterated emotion.  They even hurt themselves and others in the process.  The other group uses logic and common sense to the point that they can't make decisions because it's not possible to get sufficient data to justify the decision.   We all fall in there somewhere.

When I see a post that reeks of emotions (easy to spot) I wonder if they use emotions in their piano work.  (I purposely omit temperaments).  Emotions are not inherently bad until they trump logic and common sense.  Just don't use emotions to set let off to 3/4 inch.  Don't read the bible on your death bed just looking for loopholes.

I submit that when you come across a post that was surely
emotionally generated, as long as you are comfortable with your own beliefs there is no need to respond.  No amount of logic or common sense will have any effect anyway.

That's my take.  








----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: My apologies. OT-was bridge pins Reply is definately off thepianotopic. Sorry


> Sometimes, I think if God, any God were left out of things, there
> would be much less trouble in the world.
> We shouldn't force our own beliefs on anyone.
> Spanish forcing their beliefs on the Incas, destroying there culture.
> Catholics against Protestants in Northern Ireland.
> The big one now is Moslems against everyone.
> But I must say, we are giving in too much to these groups, who are new
> to our countries. If we went to their countries, we wouldn't get away
> with a fraction, of what they demand here.
> I was really annoyed that the Sikh who joined the Mounties, got the
> right to wear a turban, he knew what the hats were before he joined.
> I never demanded to wear my kilt, when I joined the navy.
> What happened to the old saying," when in Rome, do as the Romans do."
> The list goes on and on.
> Just had to say it, sorry.
> Regards,
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia.
> jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 1:32 PM
> Subject: My apologies. OT-was bridge pins
> 
> 
> | I would like to apologize again if my tone was in any
> | way inflammatory. It was a very long day.  And when I
> | hit the computer at 3AM, there, in my e-mail, were
> | more pointless, unhelpful, unconstructive, mocking
> | political jabs.  This really got me going!!!!
> |      I would simply like to warn those who lust for
> | bloodshed, who relish being the world's bully ( FAR
> | more people are worried about Bush than Hussein,
> | globally! ) and think that we can arrogantly do
> | whatever we like while remaining safe due to our
> | military strength that they are in a grave state of
> | illusion! And that they are particularly delusional if
> | they imagine that this in any way reflects the
> | teachings of Jesus ( or, for that matter, any other
> | spiritual leader--- excepting some Satanist or
> | Vodunist, I guess!!! ).
> |      The way to avoid terrorism is to have an unbiased
> | policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and
> | work hard to show that we believe ALL the inhabitants
> | of the earth are God's children: deserving of decency,
> | respect and a life in pursuit of ( spiritual )
> | self-improvement, free to avail themselves of the
> | resources God has placed at their disposal for their
> | survival without fear that the US or its allies will
> | steal it to fuel a bloated "culture" of  materialistic
> | sense-gratification!
> |      Its really that simple.
> |
> |          Gordon Stelter
> |
> |
> | --- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> | > Jimmy Buffett once sang:
> | >
> | > "There's a thin line between Saturday night and
> | > Sunday mornin'"
> | >
> | > Terry Farrell
> | >
> | > ----- Original Message -----
> | > From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@vermontel.net>
> | > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> | > Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 10:12 AM
> | > Subject: Re: [OT] Bridge Pins
> | >
> | >
> | > > At 8:29 AM -0600 12/8/02, Mike and Jane Spalding
> | > wrote:
> | > > >Bridge Pins???
> | > >
> | > > Sorry 'bout that. Saturday night is Boogie Night.
> | > It's now Sunday.
> | > > Thank God we have intelligent, honest grown-ups in
> | > charge!
> | > >
> | > > Bill Ballard RPT
> | > > NH Chapter, P.T.G.
> | > >
> | > >
> | > > "A jester unemployed is nobody's fool."
> | > >      ...........Danny Kaye, in "The Court Jester"
> | > > +++++++++++++++++++++
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