Matt Broze wrote: [re: conflict between Winters and Broze re: subtle "commercialism"] > If the sense of the group is that I was out of line with what I said in my > post (or this one) I will happily and voluntarily exile myself from this > group, no hard feelings, I spend way too much time in front of a keyboard as > it is. Please let me know how you feel, either publicly or privately. [snip] > Even with the best of intentions it is easy to get caught up in discussions > one knows a lot about because it is our every day conversation (or a regular > sales pitch) for us. It is obvious that a designer is not likely to have a > high opinion of something that is the opposite in design than how he thinks > it should be. If paddlewisers can't make the points they want to in areas > that they know best (because they follow their own beliefs in the designing > they do, they really can't help but be promoting their designs if they argue > what they believe) I think this group will be the poorer for it. Agree completely with your paragraph -- and well stated, to boot. And, no, I did not feel you were out of line. I felt your argument about overhanging bows was a logical extension of the thesis in your post. If it was advertising, it was d**n subtle, and it would have in no way influenced the way I spend my bucks. FWIW, I own and paddle a boat with very little overhang. It paddles just fine. And it has a pleasing sensed of aesthetics. The issue Winters raised seems a minor one. We are all adults, and can recognize that a designer (if he/she feels passionately about his/her designs) can hardly avoid painting his/her school of thought as the "best," just as you say. I hope discussion of this ethical problem dies. This is certainly my only contribution to it. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 12 2000 - 05:00:41 PDT
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