ecofriendly

[Dean May]

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.