Re: Filter QC if you can; it makes a huge difference!

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Ernest wrote:

Before I make any point by point comments, I must say that your reply was calm,
and reasonable. I hope to respond in the same vein.

> Roy and/or Janet Miller wrote in message <3914230D.30E2C99C@inetnebr.com>...

>
> >Ernest wrote:

>
> >>Whatever. My point is that honestly, I can't think of anyone in this group,
> other than QC, that I dislike, whatever your opinions are on software
> piracy. I may not agree with everyone's opinions but that doesn't mean that
> I won't accept them as "your" valid opinion, and if I'm able to help any of
> you out with a question that you have for the group, I will -regardless of
> your opinions on whatever topic.
>

What can I say, that was very reasonable, and I think that, in time, reasonable
people can come to a meeting of the minds, or at least agreeably disagree.

>
> It's your choice to defend QC if you feel the need to, Roy, but I admit that
> defending him in any way is hard for me to understand. His fight with Dr.
> Tom seems to be personal, rather than philosophical, so I choose to filter
> his hatred.
>

I'm not QC's defender. He seems more than able and willing to defend himself. I
just don't like people getting nailed to the wall for what they haven't done. I
think his "potty mouth" is beneath him, and this forum. (Well, thinking of
certain individuals on the other side, maybe not, but that is disheartening to
me.) I wish he wouldn't write like that, and I've said so in a public post. As
for "Dr. Tom", he is *very* "personal" himself, including continued attacks
against someone who he helped to drive from the Apple ][ community more than a
year ago, someone who isn't even here to defend himself, someone who at least
produced software to be used. Someone who was a friend of mine.

>
> I think that your view that I'm more Nazi-like than QC is humorous, really,
> in a positive kind of way because what that tells me is that you don't know
> how Neo-Nazi's behave, or what they believe, and believe it or not, I'm
> happy for you. I wish that I didn't know anything about them either.
>

Perhaps I don't, perhaps I do. I do know that their racism sickens me, as does
the dishonor they heap upon both the flag of the USA and the CSA by flying them
next to their filthy Nazi flags.

>
> Roy, you can choose not to use very, very old Apple II software that might
> be distributed illegally if you don't want to, just like you can choose to
> keep reading QC's hate mail. Do you deny that I have the same right to make
> my own choices? Or do you honestly want to make my choices for me?

Ernest, I would prefer to persuade you to honor the men and women who created
that digital art by not using it without their permission. Just as I would ask
you to not copy and distribute music by bands like CCR, Guess Who, or others of
my long lost youth.  :)

Roy