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--- In wiardgroup@y..., Bill Sequeira <bill@a...> wrote:

> I think there is a significant amount of mixing of an individual's
> identity with what they have/bought/use/do.

Very well put, I agree, this is what I wrote about.

Regarding your other points Bill your observations certainly are 
correct, but it's not necessary to become pessimistic, just expect a 
little less from the others. The most important question is if what 
you do is fine for yourself.

Next step would be if you are pleased with what others do. If yes 
fine. If not, pick those you like and assume that those you not like 
are still having fun with the things they bought. And if even that is 
not the case, well it's their problem not yours or mine

However yes it may be the problem of the manufacturer if he feels a 
sale and all the precious previous work was wasted. Fortunately in 
this respect the days of Buchla (at least in the rather unsupportive 
and elitarian ways that have been purported unto my younger 
generation) are over, but generally I am positively supportive of 
customers supporting the providers of their patchcord happiness with 
honest opinions and user feedback and emotional support.

Which closes the circle to your first paragraph Bill, because: where 
do you draw the line between honestly enthusiatic and grateful 
supporters of brand X and those that go with it for their own 
identification and image?

I don't care to discriminate and judge. If anyone can, it's the 
manufacturers themselves. And if my observations are correct, then 
most of the time they don't care to, either.

SK