On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 21:43:11 GMT, Benjamin Smith wrote:
> The world according to Chrissy is no more real than the world according
> to Ben. We all have our perspectives and you can learn a lot from mine
> and some very experienced cruisers in this forum, and I hope to be smart
> enough to learn from people with contrary views to mine.
I learn from people when they are right and when they are wrong. In this
case, my experiences as a TA tell me you are dead wrong. I learned not to
listen to you regarding this subject of:
"I think the number of those interested in sub 80,000 ton ships is
significant, not a fringe percentage of cruise customers."
Fringe % it is.
> You are no
> authority on what people care about, their true tastes are natural to
> them and not always expressed (especially in public).
Well, golly gee whiz Ben, then how the hell do you know if they aren't
talking about it?
> It is not
> validated in numbers to anyone other than those looking to make money
> from popularity. I wish people felt free to have their tastes, and not
> be so willing to have their tastes dictated to them by others or by any
> form of peer, societal, or corporate pressure.
So do I but that's not the way the real world is put together. I don;t much
care what ppl say about my tastes and I don;t much care what others tastes
are.
EOTB, let's talk religion and politics, we can all sleep well.
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