[Strawbale] re re re Free music THE LAST POST

[Michael K. lough]

>  I thought I had taken this thread offlist with my previous reply, but I 
>see that I d> idn't. Oops.
>

I  left responding to you as a singularity until the digest came out today 
as I was hoping it was off list ……But oh noooooooooo……… 8)



Doesn't mean we're on a  list full of dummies, though.

As MP would say "I didnt say that" I do now wonder why it was I did feel the 
need to make it clear to a load of strangers that they should be careful 
about remembering to cancel in under 14 days or else they are on the hook …



To me, your warning - though given in good spirit - was sort of like 
pointing out t hat if a person wants fresh air to come in through the 
window, they have to open it - and w ill have to shut it again later if they 
don't want rain to come in. To me, it seemed just that obvious.

fair enough, to me it did also but I am a trifle jaded and usually dont 
believe much I am told these days …and possibly felt the note would be seen 
as well intended on my part…

(And if it wasn't obvious to a given individual, they would have been 
confronted with the Terms and Conditions document on the service's website, 
would have had to fill in the forms, and would have been required to give 
their credit card number before t hey could download anything. If they 
didn't figure out the system by that time, I don't think that any warning I 
might have included would have worked, either.)

you are right of course it would have been in the terms and conditions but 
if we are to get REALLY  picky I dont think the word FREE is used on the 
emusic site? I  havn't checked it but they usually dont use words like 
"free"



>         You felt that it wasn't obvious, however, and did what you felt 
>moved by c ompassion to do. Then I remarked on it (when I really should 
>have known better), and here w e are. I subsequently had fun discussing our 
>individual drivers, but now that it seems to be degenerating into petty 
>semantics and insulting insinuation, I'm not inclined to play anymore.

Counterpoint here is that my last posting was a FINALE. Check it out, its in 
the subject line…
You see Mark you can say something that you assume will be understood by 
others for what it is (was) (My final posting) and as you say here we are 
again… But "petty"  and "insulting" have certainly made me realise that we 
all have to be very very careful how we understand what we read  and 
conclude what is meant. ?




>     Everyone here has common sense…
>
>         Never claimed that. I  believe that you're just trying to support 
>a position now.

I used to like that expression (common sense) but dont use it anymore as 
someone pointed out that an alternative to common sense was education or was 
that science? It makes me think now…



>
>
>     Perhaps you are right though and the list has nothing to learn about 
>anything else.
>
>         Had I said that, I would have been wrong.

I said it. Perhaps I  was thinking that perhaps the other aspects of my 
posting might have been interesting to some ? Longwinded and ponderous to 
others no doubt…Obviously to you it was superfluous…?

My only point in the second posting gently said I felt was that my 
presumption as to what the list should know about regarding the emusic offer 
was possibly out of order on my part and that the list members are capable 
of deciding for themselves

My main reason for posting was I repeat to emphasize not the "free" ness of 
the offer but the probable requirements that would make the items "free". 
But I do now see that I was presuming too much or is that too little? I 
cling to the idea however that there will now be messages on fridge doors 
throughout the world reminding people to cancel the emusic thing after they 
sign up and download 50 units though…O r I suppose notes in e calendars…



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>     The assumption being is  that anyone on this list would jump at 50 
>free music d ownloads if they were told it would help in South Africa
>
>         I didn't assume that - and am awed by how you managed to make that 
>Evel Knievel leap.   :)

it  does seem irregular to mention your motivation as you surely used  some 
of your time in the service of the needy and the intention here is to get 
donations to those that need it    Its a good thing all round…After all …Im 
still interested in what kind of music they have …Anyone here signed up yet 
and had a look?


Michael Lough


Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.
Walt Whitman