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In Reply to: Reality... posted by John Atkinson on February 26, 2007 at 13:39:30:
You might want to carefully consider what you write as it may be interpreted by some as intentional obfuscation.For example you talk a great deal about marketing junk, exchanges of meals, etc., similar to how Dudley made good hay of some silly ARC screwdriver (I believe it was).
Yet on the other hand Charles Hansen openly (here!) offers you a trade out of cable products worth many $100s of dollars as if it were as natural as breathing! This on top of disclosures (your's included) of cable manufactures being reluctant to accept return of product... SF's MF stating he has so much of the stuff he'll "... soon have to rent a storage space just for the cables" drives that one home in a rather dramatic manner!
The astute reader will also not fail to notice that you devote more print to the topic of trinkets and gifts than to that of "permaloans", a topic that seems to send you into defense mode, ie:
"I have listed my own components in another response. Speaking personally, why I don't mind providing such information, I believe other reviewers, particularly for other magazines, will not be as forthcoming. But to do so in the magazine is cumbersome given the churn in components used and, I believe, unnecessary. Either you trust a magazine and read it or you don't trust it and you don't read it."
Any fair reader of my comments will show that I'm not even against "permaloans", only suggesting that disclosure of such would be a positive development, yet you respond by alluding to my "agenda"!
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Were it comes to ethical practice and honesty I very much suspect SF stands head and shoulder above the audio journal crowd, something I attribute very much to *your* influence, so please don't tell me what requirement *your* reviewers might find forthcoming.
It is precisely for this reason that I get a little niffed when I see an article in which a SF reviewer (one of my favorites no less!) engaging in innuendo and accusatory crap, and the Editor carrying on as if he's got something to hide!
I don't want a SF that aspires to the lowest common denominator and will voice my opinion as I see fit to see that such does not happen, that's *my* agenda, if you don't like it *too bad*, it ain't your call!
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
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Follow Ups
- Perception - bjh 15:02:47 02/26/07 (8)
- Reality (not Perception) - John Atkinson 16:31:02 02/26/07 (2)
- "*A* Bass Ale"?! You show remarkable restraint, sir, nt - clarkjohnsen 11:01:29 02/27/07 (0)
- Re: Reality (not Perception) - Charles Hansen 20:03:56 02/26/07 (0)
- That's an awfully ambitious agenda you've got there! - Bruce Kendall 15:41:56 02/26/07 (4)
- Voicing an opinion is not such an awfully ambitious agenda, is it? nt - bjh 19:24:52 02/26/07 (1)
- Send me an email - Bruce Kendall 18:54:53 02/27/07 (0)
- Yes... a *happy* hobby... girls, for instance... Uh oh... waitaminnit... nt - clarkjohnsen 15:59:19 02/26/07 (1)
- No, no, that was an excellent suggestion. - Bruce Kendall 18:27:41 02/26/07 (0)
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