<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: on topic about off topic</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>No..his comments are entirely appropriate.  I = know I have a limited amount of free time.  My job keeps me busy.  I = "attend" this list to gain information.  So do many others.  To waste MY = time by adding political or religious opinions is an offence to me.  If I = wanted to entertain that kind of banter, I would join those lists.  So...tolerance?  Its irrelevant.  "Piano-only"...whoever wrote = this has their eye on the ball.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>If you want to express your views on unpiano related = topics...fine...find your own list.  I understand that by writing = this, some may view it as hypocrisy.  Since I am advocating a piano only = forum, I actually on topic.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I don't even know why I bother.  Some people = are too thick headed and will continue.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Mike Bratcher</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=bigda@gte.net href="mailto:bigda@gte.net">David = Andersen</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:deanmay@pianorebuilders.com, = Pianotech">deanmay@pianorebuilders.com, Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 06, 2004 = 9:43 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: on topic about off = topic</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>on 5/5/04 7:15 AM, Dean May at <A = href="mailto:deanmay@pianorebuilders.com">deanmay@pianorebuilders.com</= A> wrote:<BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman">Letąs extend a little = grace and tolerance to one another here. I think we can do it without an act of Congress.<BR></FONT><BR><BR>Thank you, Dean.  Self-regulation is = key; complainers: grow up. Your emotional all-caps outbursts and chippy <BR>"piano-only" comments are, in a word, childish.  Life is diverse.<BR><BR>Great post, Dean. Here's my first all-caps transmssion:<BR><BR><B>WHAT ABOUT THE GOLDEN RULE, = FOLKS?<BR><BR></B>Thank you all for your rich differences; makes life tangy.<BR><BR>David Andersen = </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>