<HTML>Dear List, After replying a couple of days ago to a posting by Roger Jolly that I thought was particularly praise-worthy, I received this response.  = Here is the entire posting, headers included: Subj: prep Date: 2/9/01 5:00:36 PM Central Standard Time From: anon@anon.com Sender: nobody@ficus.frogspace.net (Nobody) To: jstan40@aol.com Hi Stan, I think you might find some pianos at a certain store less than well pre= pped. *shhhhh* ok? There is a lot of Lip servicing going on. </XMP> ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <nobody@ficus.frogspace.net> Received: from rly-ye01.mx.aol.com (rly-ye01.mail.aol.com [172.18.151= .198]) by air-ye05.mail.aol.com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:00:= 35 -0500 Received: from ficus.frogspace.net ([64.6.237.2]) by rly-ye01.mx.aol.= com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:00:34 -0500 Received: from nobody by ficus.frogspace.net with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 14RMWl-0004ow-00 for jstan40@aol.com; Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:00:31 -0500 To: jstan40@aol.com From: anon@anon.com Subject: prep Message-Id: <E14RMWl-0004ow-00@ficus.frogspace.net> Sender: Nobody <nobody@ficus.frogspace.net> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:00:31 -0500 What I find particularly disturbing about this response is not necessari= ly the idea that someone doesn't agree with Roger on what HE says that HE d= oes in his own store, but that the person who wrote the above message did so= anonymously, using a web address that guarantees anonymity, and is there= fore able to spread whatever brand of poison he/she wants to spread without b= eing accountable for it.  This is unacceptable and cowardly.  There= have been many disagreements on this List, heaven knows, but the participants were all willing to identify themselves and put their opinions on the line. &nbsp= ;On an open list such as this, that is not only expected, but may be desirable = in the long run.  (And yes, I'm well aware of the feelings generated b= y such...er...discussions!)   I have been mostly a List-lurker for the past three years or more, but c= hime in occasionally when I believe I have something to offer, or when I feel= it necessary to respond to something.  This is one of those occasions-= -I do not personally know Roger Jolly, but having watched his contributions to thi= s List over a period of time, I have no doubt but what I would LIKE to kno= w Roger Jolly, and I have no reason whatever to doubt him when he says wha= t his store policy is.  As Newton has said upon occasion, "Perfection is = a moving target, and one does what one can with what one has available at the tim= e."   I couldn't agree more.....we try, and that is what Roger seems to be doi= ng at all times. So........to the person who sent me this message........if you have some= thing to say, say it.  We don't always agree, we don't always HAVE to agr= ee, but I abhor such behind-the-back, underhanded tactics as this, and I will not suffer it quietly.  If you have an overabundance of vitriol, then f= ind an outlet, but do it honorably, at least.......IDENTIFY YOURSELF and take s= uch slings and arrows as may come your way! Stan Ryberg Barrington IL mailto:jstan40@aol.com </HTML>