>And yet, in his long-winded exasperated way, he's right. No one likes a >whiner, especially in Theo's position. >
nobody may like the whiner, but that makes the whiner no less correct. >I had respect for Theo before the American comment. It was unnecessary, >out of line, and damaging to the OBSD effort as a whole. You couldn't >make your point without getting ugly, eh? > i am myself american and feel that theo's comment about praising the company is spot on. corporations should not be praised for responding to their customers' complaints, the complainers, a.k.a. the whiners, should be the ones praised, for without them the corporation would have shot itself in the foot. this whole attitude is propagated by merit of the "peonified" US consumer who only wishes they could be acknowledged, much less praised, by large corporations. the only thing that is large scale and grassroots here in the US is grass that is fertilized by large corporations. go figure. get long natural gas because this isn't going to end anytime soon ;). >Showing pride and emotion for your cause is honorable- showing hatred >reveals your smallness. How embarrassing. > or your short-sightedness and "patriotism". >Dan Farrell >Applied Innovations >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >'the first man to raise his fists is the first man to run out of ideas'
