AFTER A LITTLE TIME WITH THE PHILIPS 890S

[The Quality Guru]

It appears that Beagle is no longer suspicious of Lou, and now, BenG, why is it that you are so reluctant to step across to the other side? We are not against you personally, however, many do seem to have a bone to pick with the opinion of Lou that you are so inappropriately advertising.

To put it simply, which ultimately is the best way to put it, when one reads into words of any kind, spoken or written, they can create a new animal. A great example of this that I can use is on standardized tests. The test directs you to "pick the BEST answer." Which is the BEST answer, you might ask, as I'm sure we all have. As you read the questions on the test, and you read into them and dissect every word's meaning in the sentences and questions on the test, many times you WILL GET THAT QUESTION WRONG. However, if you go on gut instinct and go with the first answer that you thought was initially correct, you have a greater chance of getting it right. How many times have you erased an anser that you had right the first time?

Although my analogy is a bit incoherent and not totally solid in its nature, I think it sufficiently demonstrates the problem in this instance with Lou. BenG is scraping petty details out of Lou's posts in effort to support his case, doing a rather pathetic job at proving that Lou is a 'fake' or a 'shill' or whatever the accusation; but the point of the matter is that he is READING FAR INTO Lou's posts, adding new meanings to what he is written. Driftwood demonstrated very well what Lou was truly saying, and that Beagle had given Lou more credit than he intended to write into his posts, by READING INTO his posts. Read what's really there, not what 'could have been written' or might have 'originally been intended to be written inbetween the lines.' I'm just defending Lou's case; call me his 'defense attourney' if you will. LOL.

 

[delenda est Sony]

This has been an interesting thread. I don't know what to make of LTUCCI. I do not think it likely that Slicsound would use such an unusual emissary to sell their stuff. I think Lou got a free sample of the plastic thingies and said good things about them. Now he's moved on to other subjects. Let's move on ourselves. I appreciate BenGs vigilance, but we can never accurately prove each others identity here, so let's spend our time on more rewarding pastimes...

 

[Buddha]

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Originally posted by delenda est Sony but we can never accurately prove each others identity here, so let's spend our time on more rewarding pastimes...

What a revelation Einstein....

The medication must have kicked in.

 

[The Quality Guru]

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but we can never accurately prove each others identity here, so let's spend our time on more rewarding pastimes...

Yeah, a good observation.

Although I still would give Lou the benefit of the doubt, and working with whatever means of identification of his character that we have, I think he's a good guy. Which do you turn to when you are divided on something, God or the Devil? In other words, do you condemn someone or do you give them the benefit of the doubt and not persecute them in ignorance?

And despite all of the posts I have written in favor of Lou, I do have that little piece of knowledge nagging me telling me that I don't know the whole story, and I really don't.

All I know is that there was too much pointing of fingers happening here, much of which was very uncalled for, considering the fact that it's hard to truly identify one's personality here.

 

[LTUCCI1924]

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[El Scorcho]

Guru: "I think he's a good guy."

Good? Bad? I thought we were just people crazy about headphones.

But I do confess, Guru, that there are some rather unsavory characters lurking around on this forum from time to time, deliberately making incendiary remarks about others, perhaps in an effort to purge themselves of their infantile demons by unleasing them on others. Decidedly uncool.

Ben G: "All I was trying to do was to maintain the integrity of the forums...."

I think what Ben has done, despite his apparently good intentions, is actually lower the integrity of the forums. Integrity is not about insulting people whose views you don't like until they go away, and then you give yourself a clap on the back and say, good riddance to bad rubbish. Rather, if Lou is what Ben thinks he is, just ignoring him will eventually make him want to go away.

Instead, by hurling these somewhat unconstructive comments at him, you're just providing fodder for freaks, if that's what Lou is (something which can never be proven anyways. Good point, DE Sony). Soon, you'll be drawing a whole crowd of them, and guess what? You'll be so exasperated, you'll leave the forum, which is such a waste, especially if you're really a headphone enthusiast who takes his music seriously.

So, let Lou be Lou, and the rest of us will just stay real cool. Sound good?

 

[Beagle]

To quote Bugs Bunny...

"What a gull-a-bull!"