"J.Dunn" wrote:
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> > Homework assignment for those who think a bike is just a bike.
>
> While you're doing your homework here's a couple more words to contemplate.
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> ELITISM
> 1 : leadership or rule by an elite
> 2 : the selectivity of the elite; especially : SNOBBERY 1 <elitism in
> choosing new members>
> 3 : consciousness of being or belonging to an elite
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> SNOB
> one who tends to rebuff, avoid, or ignore those regarded as inferior b : one
> who has an offensive air of superiority in matters of knowledge or taste
>
> John Dunn in Boise.
> Don't ever think you know what's right for the other person. He might start
> thinking he knows what's right for you.-Paul Williams, `Das Energi'
Sorry if my postings struck you as the height of snobbery and elitism, John. They were not meant that way.
The point is that when someone states that they don't get why some on this list make a big deal about bike aesthetics (almost like "furkristsakes it's just a bike"), then I think it is time for some introspection on that person's part.
All this stuff about Confente has been discussed ad nauseum on this list already. Has someone been sleeping in class?
Chuck "Got my Confente when he was a nobody; who knew?" Schmidt SoPas, SoCal
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