Re: The Battle of the Titans!

"John Wiser" <ceeclef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> appears to have caused the
following letters to be typed in news:gUw%f.6976$tT.4875@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

"Matthew B. Tepper" wrote:
"John Wiser" appears yadda yadda > > "Matthew B. Tepper" wrote
"John Wiser" <ceeclef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commented:
"Matthew B. Tepper" wrote:>
I'd hold Universal in less disesteem if I felt they weren't so
neglectful of their established customer base.

You need to work on this obsession, it's getting a bit shopworn.
Hint: make some macros, the wording doesn't matter, it's the
sentiment that counts.

The best way to deal with the obsession is to stir up consumer
discontent so that the manufacturers know there's a problem that
must be corrected.

The problem is, that this is a rift in the lute of microscopic
proportions, in a world rife with major, major defects and problems.
I shouldn't have to make a list for you. You might be much happier
if you work on reordering your priorities towards dealing with
problems of genuine significance.

And indeed I work for a human rights organization devoted to deal with
certain of these "major, major defects and problems." I took this job
nine years ago, even at a starting salary of $9K/year less than what I
had been getting from my previous employer, a button-down management
consulting firm. So that's what I'm doing with my life, if it's all
the same to you.

In fact, I knew that. You didn't detect, and was therefore taken in by,
an example of a fundamentally Celtic concept called "coat-trailing."
Actually you're too easy a mark, like getting a possum into the live-trap
by putting it down squarely in its path.

A big victory; you enticed me into admitting that I'm already doing what
you suggest. So I also have activities to take up my leisure time.

This business of rousing consumer discontent against an industry ridden
with malaise and dishonesty -- well, that's what I do in my leisure
time.

Sorry, Matthew, that's like expecting to bring about changes by yelling
at an anthill.

And speaking of ants, I have no illusions as to the sizes of the brains of
the record company executives. Clearly the only approach that could work
would be to hit them in a larger target, namely, their reputations and
their believability, via pressure from the press. Call a Universal Music
executive dumb, and he'll just yawn, scratch his ass, and light his cigar
with a $100 bill. But get major daily newspapers to hammer home the fact
the Universal is missing out on an audience whose loyalty they could have
if they were more responsive, well, that's a different matter altogether.

You might as well tell me to sit down, for God's sake, sit down.

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