totoro;157585 Wrote: > Hmmm, I disagree with you on this one: rudeness is rudeness, and it > wasn't just this particular word, in my experience, but a whole raft of > behaviors, which I actually listed on another thread. You can't be > incivil with people and expect civility back. It's particularly odious > if you actually squeal and act as if you've been savagely attacked when > someone responds to your own rudeness in kind (I should point out that > I'm using PF as my example here, not you). > > My disagreement with you lies in my perception that you seem to desire > protection for this kind of behavior for certain people, which IMHO > doesn't deserve protection at all. I don't want some animals to be more > equal than others.
I agree rudeness is rudeness. Absolutely right. And you are right it was not just the use of the work "Audiophile". I only intended to use that one example as an example of how assumptions about intent can get any of us off track. And, I dont desire protection for only one side in this wonderful ongoing debate which is a very rich part of this hobby we share. (Yes, "hobby", and the less similarity it has with religion the better). I would lose alot if that were to happen. We all would. Like (I think) most people here, I find myself somewhere in the middle in the subjectivist / objectivist question. But that is easy to say, and maybe disbelieved. So let me try to say more clearly. When someone argues his pet rock makes his stereo sound more [insert adjective] I am simply bemused and maybe a bit curious as to why he would believe that. When someone argues there's no more left to learn or discuss because something like a THD measurement or DBT is the "end of the line" I feel the same way. However, if either said or inferred that I was stupid for seeing the world differently than they do, I would be angry. -- atkinsonrr Transporter, Quicksilver V4 Monos, Vandersteen Model 5A speakers. SB3, Quad Tube Pre-Amp, Tube Monos, Quad ESLs. Homemade Tripath Digital amps, Carver ALS (original) Speakers with Outboard Crossovers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ atkinsonrr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7214 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30039 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
