ok, first off...color me impressed w everyone's (ted, jimmy, jeff) eloquence and abilty to articulate their very strong feelings on this subject MINUS the nastiness, namecalling, and smug superiority that sadly is the norm in this forum among those holding different views. nice to see everyone w their big boy pants on!
that said... i've gotten a close up view of what one possible version of my own personal hell might look like....another 10 or 20 yrs from now (since i believe we ALL are gonna lead long, and healthy lives in spite of vamp's prognostications otherwise) we'll all still be here reading the latest back and forth on this issue!
c'mon people.....i get that we're all passionate on this (and many other issues) but really.....how much is accomplished by the constant regurge of this (and many other subjects)????
whose mind has been changed? even in the light of the most eloquent, well thought out, and well written views expressed on this???? we'd all accomplish just as much towards convincing our other side of the argument by spending 10 min changing our gtr or bass strings!
really gang...at this point, is there anyone who isn't sure where we all stand on this subject? so, constantly DECLARING our views and beliefs on it here on BM seems a tad silly to me at this moment. seems there's ought to be better uses of our time for all the time put into rehashing this kind of stuff ad nauseam
am i gonna weigh in w my views on it??? nah....i'm gonna convert JUST AS MANY to my views on this by changing my bass strings for tonight's gig!
now, where are those damn XL220's ?????