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Old 29-03-2004, 02:32 PM
Mike
 
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Default Antique roses at...WalMart?

On 29 Mar 2004, (rose_luver) wrote:

As my mother once said "children, children, stop that before someone
gets hurt!
Each to his own opinion which you both have strongly but differently.
Differing opinions are great but let's try not to impose ours on
others, this is called arrogance. And Mike, please don't call anyone
an "idiot".
Rose


Rose - I was responding to a direct question posted here by Darren as to
why a cheap rose from Wal-Mart would not be expected to be of the same
quality as the same rose costing more from a rose nursery. No one is
*imposing* their opinions on anyone here. We were asked.

When Hamp jumped in and accused me of shilling for a rose nursery, being
"prejudiced" against Wal-Mart and challenging the statements I had made, It
was perfectly acceptable for me to respond to his accusations and stand by
the statements I had made in my original post.

The "idiot" comment was appropriate and matched Hamp's tone to a tee. But
just because you brought it up, let me be clear. "You" means "anyone" in
my statement, and I DO believe that if you continue to spend money on
inferior products simply because you don't want to appear "prejudiced"
against a particular vendor, then you ARE an idiot. That is my opinion and
it was my choice to be blunt in this particular instance. People tend to be
just as polite as you are to them. It's called mirroring and it's human
nature.

Thanks for your concern, but I think we were done anyway.

Mike