[Dixielandjazz] Bob Ringwald's nasty remark

[Robert S. Ringwald]

Steve,

 I am very sorry for my (I guess you could call it an outburst).

It was very rude of me and I should not have sent such a message out on 
DJML.  For that, I apologize.

Let me say that it was not sent, as you say below, because of a dislike of
you or jealousy of you.  I really do not know you.  We have never met in
person and as far as I know, there is nothing about you that I should be 
jealous of.

 Your blanket statements irritate me.  Often  they make me angry.

  We have a great mentoring program out here in Sacramento.  Personally, if 
a good youth player comes in, I would ask him/her to sit in.

So, what I should have said was "Do not speak for everyone."  Perhaps in 
your area what you say is true.  But it is not true everywhere else.

If you would have qualified your statement by saying, "In my area," then 
your comments would have been valid.  But to do a blanket statement, is 
incorrect.

Yes, you said "Damn few."  In my opinion, speaking from my experience out 
here on the left coast, this is not true.

Again, let me apologize to you and to our fellow listmates for my rude 
comments.

Best wishes,

--Bob Ringwald



 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Bob Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 7:43 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Bob Ringwald's nasty remark


> "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
>
>>> Steve Barbone wrote:
>
>>> (snip)
>>> Yessir, they all helped young kids. Today? Damn few take the time to
>>> personally get involved with kids. And when you do, many of your fans
>>> and
>>> fellow musicians ask you why you do it. Like they resent it. Go figure?
>>> (snip)
>
>> Bob's comment:
>
>> As per usual, Steve knows not of what he speaks.
>>
>> Steve, speak for your self, not for everyone else...
>
> Ah, dear Bob. As usual you let your dislike of me (or is it jealousy)
> completely take over the illogic of your post.
>
> I suggest you re-read what I wrote. Especially check out the tense in
> which
> it is written, go back and try and understand the entirety of what I
> wrote.
> Stop taking people out of context with impolite snips, and once you do all
> of that, if you still believe what YOU wrote, then there is no hope for
> you,
> except to back to primary school and start taking more courses in reading
> comprehension.
>
> In other words, get a life and quit shooting at the messenger.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
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