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"Howard Ferstler" <ferstle@attglobal.net> wrote in message 
news:42E5259A.681927E9@attglobal.net...
> George Middius wrote:
>>
>> Brother Horace the Shockingly Introspective croaked:
>>
>> >Unfortunately, he then went on to behave like an obnoxious
>> >and insulting bully.
>
>> You don't say. Can you imagine? Just because he thinks he knows something
>> somebody else doesn't.
>
> But he does know plenty, and that is the mystery for me. He
> could have just set me straight with the basic information
> he posted (I knew I was in a pickle well before his last
> message, but I could not figure out how to gracefully get
> out of it),

Howard, have you ever heard of harakiri? It is a great, honorable solution 
employed by the japanese.

>but then he went on to impugn my journalistic
> and book-writing integrity, as if all of the stuff I have
> said about audio as a hobby and people like you both here
> and in print was wrong. I will speculate that other than the
> complementary biographical sketch of him that I did for The
> Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound (he read the draft prior to
> me sending it to the publisher) he has never read any of my
> books or magazine articles. Yet he made it sound as if I was
> the biggest promoter of audio claptrap in the business.
>

Don't be so dramatic, Howard. It surely wasn't the first time you've heard 
it.

>> Somebody being snotty and nasty and hostile, just because
>> of a question about audio? It's simply outrageous.
>>
>> All I can say is that it's a good thing such behavior isn't widespread. 
>> Don't
>> you agree, Harold?
>
> I certainly do, Middius. Thank god for all of us that
> high-end audio is such an insignificant institution. For me,
> leaving the business has been notably painless and free of
> remorse. I miss it like I miss a toothache.
>

Your only chance of being remembered is harakiri, Howard. Give it some 
thought!


Cheers,

Margaret