On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 11:33:23AM +0200, Bart Schouten wrote:
> You clearly did not understand my point. Let's try again. I discussed this
> already with Saku Taipale, so I'll just copy and paste from an old email.
> Don't really feel like typing it again:
>
> I really really doubt that 3 friends of 3 totally different people came up
> with the idea of getting MSX hardware through their friends on the very same
> night! Yeah right... Be brave and say it's for yourself! Don't ask for cheap
> hardware for a friend who wants to start doing things on MSX, just pay the
> price it is worth and admit it's for yourself. The love for MSX and the
> respect for fellow MSX'ers should not be abused to gain personal profit.
>
> -IF- in this case those 3 friends did ask for hardware on the same night by
> coincidence, then just see the email as a message to all of us, and then I
> apologize to the people in question in this email.
While I agree that people should not claim that things are for a friend
when they really want them themselves, do not see why anyone *would* do
such a thing. No-one would sell their collector's item stuff much
cheaper to a newbie anyway. It seems rather pointless to me... I find it
much more unlikely that 3 people would do such a silly thing on the same
day than that 3 people would post a question from a friend who isn't on the
list him- or herself...
So, please, everyone:
- Don't say something is for a friend if it is for yourself, and
- Don't go around accusing people of things that you have no clue to
whether or not they actually did it.
After all, this is the MSX list, not a flames-and-accusations list.
Hugs to everyone,
Wynke.
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