"Dee D. Flint" wrote:

(snip) He seems to be advocating that the
government "fix" consumer's purchasing habits
so that the local stores stay in business.


First, please don't assume what anyone's position is, Dee. Jim made a
specific comment and I was responding to that specific comment alone, not
the topic as a whole. My response was an explanation of the process at play
as I see it, not a "fix" of any kind. Second, I'm not really "advocating"
anything at all. There isn't enough of us here in this newsgroup to even do
so. If I wanted to advocate something, I would do so in a much more
"audience rich" environment. Instead, we're simply discussing another one of
the many topics we routinely discuss in this newsgroup.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/

"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
nk.net...
"Dee D. Flint" wrote:

(snip) He seems to be advocating that the
government "fix" consumer's purchasing habits
so that the local stores stay in business.


First, please don't assume what anyone's position is, Dee. Jim made a
specific comment and I was responding to that specific comment alone, not
the topic as a whole. My response was an explanation of the process at
play
as I see it, not a "fix" of any kind. Second, I'm not really "advocating"
anything at all. There isn't enough of us here in this newsgroup to even
do
so. If I wanted to advocate something, I would do so in a much more
"audience rich" environment. Instead, we're simply discussing another one
of
the many topics we routinely discuss in this newsgroup.

Please note I did NOT assume anything. I did not state that you ARE
advocating that but that it SEEMS that you are. There is a difference.
I.e. the statements in your posts can lead the reader to that conclusion
although the position is not definitively stated.

Why bother to enter the discussion if you are not advocating your position
(or conversely playing "devil's advocate")? The size of the audience should
not matter. You never know in what venue you may find a person or group of
persons who have the ability to initiate and/or implement change.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message
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"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
nk.net...
"Dee D. Flint" wrote:

(snip) He seems to be advocating that the
government "fix" consumer's purchasing habits
so that the local stores stay in business.


First, please don't assume what anyone's position is, Dee. Jim made a
specific comment and I was responding to that specific comment alone,
not
the topic as a whole. My response was an explanation of the process at
play
as I see it, not a "fix" of any kind. Second, I'm not really
"advocating"
anything at all. There isn't enough of us here in this newsgroup to even
do
so. If I wanted to advocate something, I would do so in a much more
"audience rich" environment. Instead, we're simply discussing another
one
of
the many topics we routinely discuss in this newsgroup.

Please note I did NOT assume anything. I did not state that you ARE
advocating that but that it SEEMS that you are. There is a difference.
I.e. the statements in your posts can lead the reader to that conclusion
although the position is not definitively stated.

Why bother to enter the discussion if you are not advocating your position
(or conversely playing "devil's advocate")? The size of the audience
should
not matter. You never know in what venue you may find a person or group
of
persons who have the ability to initiate and/or implement change.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE


I agree wholeheartedly... and I think I've stated so. You, Dee, seem to be
as disconcerted by Dwight's contribution to this topic as I have been.

Kim W5TIT

"Dee D. Flint" wrote:

Please note I did NOT assume anything. I did
not state that you ARE advocating that but that
it SEEMS that you are. There is a difference.
I.e. the statements in your posts can lead the
reader to that conclusion although the position is
not definitively stated.

Why bother to enter the discussion if you are not
advocating your position (or conversely playing
"devil's advocate")? (snip)


It shouldn't be that difficult to figure out, Dee. People do it all the
time - talk to friends or sposes about events half way around the world that
has no direct bearing on any of them, talk about criminal trials when they
have influence whatsoever on that trial, talk about what they might do if
they had a million dollars, talk about the economy when they have no real
intent at the moment to do anything about it, and so on. It's simply
conversation. Few are ever 100 percent right or wrong in these discussions.
Instead, they hear different perspectives, re-enforce some views, change
other views, and hopefully walk away slightly entertained by the experience.


(snip) The size of the audience should not matter.
You never know in what venue you may find a
person or group of persons who have the ability to
initiate and/or implement change.


I wish there was someone like that in this newsroup. I'm sure we could all
give him or her an earful. However, after six or seven years in this
newsgroup, I haven't seen even a hint of such a person. As for the regular
newsgroup participants (including the guesstimated lurkers), we're not
really large enough in numbers to impact even a small town's elections (much
less impact national issues).


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/

"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
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"Dee D. Flint" wrote:
(snip) The size of the audience should not matter.
You never know in what venue you may find a
person or group of persons who have the ability to
initiate and/or implement change.


I wish there was someone like that in this newsroup.

I can initiate change, but don't expect me to put my money into your
project. Pony up, and I'll see what I can do.

Like the ARRL, I work on a sliding scale: The more money you send, the
better results you can expect.

Charles Brabham, N5PVL

"charlesb" wrote:

I can initiate change, but don't expect me to put
my money into your project. Pony up, and I'll see
what I can do.

Like the ARRL, I work on a sliding scale: The more
money you send, the better results you can expect.


LOL. I just made the car payment. How much change can I get for the twenty
bucks remaining? Twenty-five cents in change?


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/

"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
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"charlesb" wrote:

I can initiate change, but don't expect me to put
my money into your project. Pony up, and I'll see
what I can do.

Like the ARRL, I work on a sliding scale: The more
money you send, the better results you can expect.


LOL. I just made the car payment. How much change can I get for the
twenty
bucks remaining? Twenty-five cents in change?

I may initiate change, but seldom do I ever return any! ;-D

Charles Brabham, N5PVL

charlesb wrote:
"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
ink.net...

"charlesb" wrote:

I can initiate change, but don't expect me to put
my money into your project. Pony up, and I'll see
what I can do.

Like the ARRL, I work on a sliding scale: The more
money you send, the better results you can expect.


LOL. I just made the car payment. How much change can I get for the

twenty

bucks remaining? Twenty-five cents in change?


I may initiate change, but seldom do I ever return any! ;-D

Keep the change as payment for the quote of the week, Charles! 8^)

- Mike KB3EIA

"charlesb" wrote:

I may initiate change, but seldom do I ever return
any! ;-D


Well said. :-)


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/