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Fred Frailey: "Seven ways to become a better railfan"
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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="oltmannd"] <P>So, we are free to do what we chose to do and measure "better" anyway that we care to rationalize it in our heads. <FONT color=#0066ff>What's really unfair is to pin Fred to a cross for having an opinion we don't particularly like or agree with.</FONT></P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>Don, </FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>I generally agree with much of what you say except that I don’t understand this part:</FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>Why is it unfair for us to criticize Fred while it is not unfair for Fred to criticize us?</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva><FONT size=2>You seem to be exaggerating our criticism of Fred (saying we are pinning Fred to a cross) while deemphasizing Fred’s criticism of railfan behavior that he does not prefer.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I don’t think anything said here is any harsher than what Fred has said about certain fan behavior.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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