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| From | "Sager, Greg" <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com> |
| Subject | Re: In defense of Greg |
| Date | Tue, 13 May 2003 13:23:01 -0500 |
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> Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 12:08:08 -0500
> From: "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: In defense of Greg (was Re: Favorite All-Time Videos)
> Message-ID: <Law14-F92rkgeSvKHJz00019ac2@hotmail.com>
>
> I think the reason Greg misconstrued Stewart's point, which was not
> addressed to Josh,
>
His point followed directly upon Josh's, since he enclosed the
pertinent passage from Josh as a part of his own post. Any misconstruction
on my part as to whom Stewart was addressing was because the juxtaposition
of his words with Josh's invited the inference.
> is because there was no transition sentence. (Such as,
> "Josh, you are correct, people should create their own imagery, however,
> the
> major complaint many people have about videos is that they take away that
> very ability.") Stewart was addressing the more common anti-video
> complaint, that the video takes away the ability to form one's own
> impression of the song, and his take on that is pretty much mine.
> However,
> in making that point, it came sequentially after the portion from Josh's
> post, it appears to be a direct response. In other words, it was misread.
>
> There's some stuff in Greg's post that I don't quite agree with, but I
> don't
> have the time to respond now (you lucky people....)
>
Personal bickering aside, the impact/non-impact of videos upon an
individual's musical impressions is an interesting topic, one that's
certainly worthy of public musing by Mike and/or anybody else on Audities.
But please change this subject header if you're going to do so. :-)
Gregory Sager
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