<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY> Andre: I don't think you'll get any argument on this post= because it's so obvious that you are 100% correct!  <P= align=left>dave __________________________________________</P= > David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 <A= href="mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu">dporritt@mail.smu.edu</A></P= >   ----- Original message= ----------------------------------------> From: antares= <<A= href="mailto:antares@euronet.nl">antares@euronet.nl</A>> T= o: Pianotech <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> Rec= eived: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 22:02:44 +0200 Subject: OT: Is this= still a piano oriented list or what? On 30-okt-04, at 21:10, Phil Bondi= wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>After Tuesday's election, I suspect we'll get back to= most things piano..maybe not! Phil= Bondi(Fl) </BLOCKQUOTE> Sure, I understand, but you know= Phil, there are many other countries in the world and the= USA is not the centre of the Universe. I would never ever= bother you with the Danish politics, or the Dutch politics or= Martian politics, or any politics. I have been on this list= for quite a number of years, and besides valuable piano stuff,= it has taught me one other very important thing : subscribers to= this list should not discuss political stuff nor religious stuff= because it leads to nothing, and I mean nothing. Look at all the= emails we have seen in regard to American politics the last= couple of days... it has been an ongoing clash of very personal= views and in the end, nobody has won. If one is for this= President, then the other is for the other President. If one= person likes to convert others to his Christianity, then another= will try very hard to change that to Whatever-ism. It is an= endless story which will never be resolved and the history of= this list has proved that. I am all for tolerance, but OT has= become a masked ball. However, I am a mere guest here,= so, if y'all don't agree with this, then maybe it is time for me= take da consequences of my actions? friendly= greetings from André= Oorebeek </BODY></HTML>