On Jul 8, 4:41 am, Rick N. Backer <ken.wil...@NsOhSaPw.cAaM> wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 04:30:41 -0700 (PDT), Renli
> <oliver.rich...@gmail.com> did courageously avow:
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> >On Jul 6, 3:15 pm, "Don Evans" <gtrdonev...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >> Yeah, or like some but not all of it. I think part of the problem is
> >> substituting "it sucks" for "I don't like it". To me, "getting it" has to
> >> do with the work or works resonating with you ... not with being part of a
> >> Zappa fan club. When you "get" the joke ... it just means you think it's
> >> funny .. nothing more. It promotes a response. Not everyone has the same
> >> sense of humor, right? So if I say I "get" Zappa, that doesn't mean I think
> >> I'm superior, it just means his stuff does it for me ... not sure why there
> >> is so much heat about this.
>
> >There isn't any heat on you, brother. In fact I find your attitude
> >refreshing. But don't you notice that for people like Rick N. Backer
> >and Nil, that it really isn't about the music - or even constructing
> >an argument based on analysis (when the friction heats up as it
> >sometimes does when people don't know each other) - but instead it's
> >about hurting me, someone who simply doesn't hold their viewpoint?
> >That's where the heat is coming from, brother.
>
> Get off the pot. Nobody was trying to hurt your little feelings. We
> were just trying to get you to admit "Renli doesn't like Frank Zappa"
> instead of saying Frank Zappa sucks. If you skin is this thin you're
> playing in the wrong ball park little boy.
Erm - I didn't say you hurt me - you didn't. I just said that's the
kind of person you are. You have *problems*, ken.
