Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: All those F tubas for sale


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Posted by A Guy in Virginia on January 30, 2002 at 14:08:33:

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: All those F tubas for sale posted by Hank on January 30, 2002 at 13:55:04:

One possibility:

So many people have come down on Dale and others (perhaps even they amongst themselves) for praising the instruments being sold either by themselves or their friends that they are scared to render any opinions for fear of being accused of commercialism.

This is the problem, of course, when we sit around looking for ways to be offended by the things that salesmen (either paid or not) say, instead of giving ourselves enough credit for being able to sniff out what is mere sales ardor. Personally, I'd rather hear the opinions of the sales guys and their friends without them having to be fearful of crossing some (apparently) invisible line. I realize that they will praise what's on the shelf now and at most say little about what isn't. I'm smart enough to work around that, and I think most folks here are, too. And if they aren't then they can ask, and the rest of us will moderate any overstatements, if needed. The sales guys should understand that, too. Then we can speak freely and not end up in senseless flame wars.

Sometimes I think we are too cynical for our own good about people who sell things.


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