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Subject: Re: [M]: stop the MEADE bashing
From: Bill Arnett
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Thu Jan 09 01:14:12 1997

At 10:18 PM -0800 1/8/97, Jeffrey &/or Holly Jennings wrote:
>...I need to LEARN ASTRONOMY ... I already know how to BICKER ...

:-)

I have to disagree. Bickering is not that easy. Simple denial of your
interlocutor's position is not enough. A true bickerer finds a tiny
insignificant part of the position to disagree with. The real art is
making the originally insignificant seem to be the main point. Careful use
of elision is critical.

The fact that Meade quit this list is sure evidence that they are no good
at bickering, either.

:-)

Seriously, despite the fact that Meade isn't listening it seems to me
useful to point out those areas where they might improve. Constructive
criticism can't hurt. Rumors about a successor the the LX200 abound. Real
and useful suggestions probably will eventually make their way to the right
places. The key is to keep it constructive and polite.

Its also fair to point out deficiencies to those who may be considering
buying. Again, fairness and civility are the keys, not silence.

---
Bill Arnett              billa@znet.com           http://www.seds.org/billa/

  "I know that I am mortal and the creature of a day; but when I search
   out the massed wheeling circles of the stars, my feet no longer touch
   the earth, but, side by side with Zeus himself, I take my fill of
   ambrosia, the food of the gods." -- Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy)