I just got round to dipping in to the last weeks harp feed, and noticed that I set off something with my reply to Steve.
Just for the record, to make things absolutely crystal clear ...
I agree 100% with Steve. My reply simply used Brit syntax and semantics to do so. I know Steve personally. We have a mutual professional respect for each other and, dare I say it, a friendship. We are both Brits.
A couple of people have flamed me in quite a personal way for my remarks. Here is my collective reply:
Please restrict your remarks to direct email with the persons concerned. That way you just look stupid in front of a couple of people, not hundreds.
I have never and will never resrict myself to communicating at the lowest common denominator level. If I know someone, I make my remarks to them within the context of that relationship AND the harp-l list. In other words, Steve and I have exchanged enough howdie doodies in mail on harp-l that *any* regular should either know or be able to infer that we are friends.
If you havent been on the list long enough to know the inter personal dynamics, then don't mail the list with your 'defense' of the 'poor unfortunate souls' that have been 'deeply offended'. This isn't an "elitism" thing, it's just a plain simple human behaviour and common sense thing.
As an example, Steve made a remark about a month ago on the list clearly stating that he presented me with an award for winning a category at the national championship level. This should give you a clue that we a) know each other, b) have some level of professional respect for each other and c) can both play harmonica.
Please direct ALL mail on this subject to me personally (hip~arply.com) and NOT to harp-l. I will not respond to any message on this subject sent to the list.
