danager-
to restrict your options due to the promotion of someone you disagree with sure gives that person a boat load of power.
Good one.
Frank, that was a classic. Thanks for reminding me.
snilf-
Chuck, if I may call you that, I hope we have the chance to meet one day. We'll disagree about a lot, but what's the point of associating only with those who mirror one's own worldview? You've given a great deal to this forum, and as this thread proves, many of us appreciate it. So: thanks.
You may. And you're welcome.
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My favorite philosopher Alan Watts says he wants people to disagree, because that is how you learn both who you are and who they are.
The world of ideas is like everything else: competition is good. It is how we improve.
The main problem or stumbling block is unlike in sports where everyone knows the rules, in the realm of ideas hardly anyone knows the rules, or worse, they learned the wrong ones.
When people actually follow the rules... I was dead set against springs until one day out of the blue some guy I never heard of before said, "Hear me out". He then proceeded to lay out such a good case for springs I went from opposition to advocate in a matter of minutes. By the end of the day 'whether or not' was 'done and gone' and it was all about how to do it. That guy was Rick. I learned a lot from him then and have learned a lot more since.
For years, decades really, experience had me convinced of the waste of DIY cables. Until one day out of the blue some guy I never heard of before sent me some he had made, one of which was so good it was hard to believe. That guy was Lubos and his Moneoone power cables are now confirmed serious high end by more than just me.
Reason I mention those, neither one of them was looking for someone they knew would just automatically agree. Lubos in particular sought me out precisely because he knew that being hard on DIY in general I would be skeptical and hard on him.
So that's the way it goes. For every one bent out of shape at losing an argument or not being agreed with there's plenty more happy to find that is the case.
Where's the sport in playing with the guy who lets you win? Why would you even bother?