Conference cookie::notes$archive:cd_v1

    can't resist,
    
    <flame on>
    
    Shouldn't that be "Simple Minds LOVE CDs"??
    
    <flame off>
    
    Ok, I am ready for the rotten fruit and vegetables...
    
    David
    

re.1
    You have your opinion and it wont change mine.
    I have my opinion and it wont change yours.
    Why is a CD-hater in a CD notes file? To raise H&D?
    I doubt any will take the bait to flame since it really wouldent
    make any difference now would it?
    
    -j
    

    Several points...
    
    I am NOT a CD hater, rather an LP lover, CDs are also quite useful
    and I do own them.
    
    Second point, I actually like Simple Minds, I just could resist
    the opportunity for a pun.
    
    Besides, sometimes flams are fun (?)
    
    Sorry for any offense, but I thought that it was obviously intended
    in fun. 
    
    David
    

    And besides, the name of the conference is not CD_LOVERS.  It is
    a forum for useful discussion both for and against the medium. 
    (Check out the early notes with gigantic flames against this
    new-fangled digital stuff!)
    
    If you're looking for something that only _praises_ CD with no hint
    that there may have ever been or ever will be anything negative
    about the medium, subscribe to Digital Audio Magazine :-)
    
    > R.Michael
    

    Re/ .4:
    
    Do you consider the statement "simple minds love cds" to be what you
    call "useful discussion."  I certainly don't mind anti-CD opinions or
    jokes being expressed in this notes file, but I don't consider glib
    insults to be a worthwhile use of our host's disc space. 

    re .5:
    
    I apologized, and did not that it was a flame, it won't happen again!
    
    However, what, pray tell is the difference between anti CD jokes
    and glib insults? Why do they have to be different. It was a pun,
    by definition it is a "glib insult" and at the same time funny (to
    some people) and not to others.
    
    It wasn't even an anti-CD joke, just a (admittedly controversial,
    and in questionable taste) play on words. I, the author, did note
    that it WAS a flame, and it was a pun, before it was stated, and
    acknowledged that it could be considered in poor taste. 
    
    It certainly won't happen again, from the raft of ____ that I've
    received, it isn't worth the effort.
    
    I would request, however, that those who took offense examine their
    consciences and see if *they've* ever punned something before. If
    they've not, then my sincere apologies.
    

    David_who_will_continue_other_discussions_relative_to_CD_and_LP_comparisons
    in_this_file
    

    Re/ .6:
    
    I really don't want to digress too far down this rathole, but just
    to clarify my position,  I wasn't at all offended by your remark.
    I just thought it wasn't very funny, and it SEEMED to be intended
    to incite controversy.  If you say it was just intended to be funny,
    I'm satisfied.
    
    -pd

    First, I support anyone's right to make puns in questionable taste
    -- they're the only kind worth making :-)
    
    Second, the small flame was directed at .2's statement of "what's
    a CD-hater doing in a CD note".  Whethere or not the joke was "useful
    discussion", the impression I got from the CD-hater remark was that
    only pro-CD comments were welcome.
    
    Can we get back to the topic (he said sheepishly)?
    
    > R.Michael
    

    No I dident mean to imply that only pro-CD remarks were welcome.
    
    Ladies & gentle men we now return you to the topic.
    

    
    
    
    
    Thud.