[BC] Stern's new gig

[Alan Kline]

------ At 10:26 AM 1/12/2006 -0500, The Most Honourable hykker at grolen.com wrote: -------
>
>Aren't we being a bit of a hypocrite here?  You keep saying we shouldn't
>lump all radio preachers into the same basket despite most of them being
>dirtbags, yet you're judging Stern on what "reliable and trustworthy"
>people say.  Are these "reliable and trustworthy" people as prudish as
>you?

Can we please do without the name-calling here?  Why can't a few of you realize that
there are people with values that don't always coincide with yours, and simply
disagree with the comment rather than demean the speaker?

It's getting a bit tiresome reading Rich's constant putdowns of "religious fanatics",
for one thing.  And if Willie simply posted that the sky was blue this morning,
Robert would find some way to dispute that. (That's not name-calling, but it's
equally tiresome).

I didn't see Willie writing that he was going to mount a national boycott of Sirius,
nor is he leading a march on Sirius World Headquarters.  He simply said that *he* would
not use any of *his* money--no one else's--on Sirus' product.  That's his right.  I 
wouldn't, either--not so much because of my lack of appreciation for Stern's "talent",
but simply because I know that I wouldn't use it enough to be worth the money, knowing
my own schedule and lifestyle.

FWIW, while there are areas where Willie and I are in strong agreement, there are also
topics where we have agreed to disagree.

Anyway, could we please get past the name-calling and get back to acting like 
professionals in a professional forum?

ak