on 11/30/03 10:38 AM, Efrén del Valle at efrendv@yahoo.es wrote:
Although I totally agree with most of the comments on this series of postings, I'm quite surprised that nobody felt outraged by the contents of that e-mail before Mr. Bishop decided to correct that false statement, misunderstanding, distorted appreciation or whatever happened.
Well, none of the rest of us were at the gig that Zach Steiner spoke of, so whether he said anything wrong was unknown. Why would you expect people with little or no knowledge of Jeb Bishop's drinking habits to be outraged by Zach's comment?
I think it would have been more suitable if both parts had solved this themselves withoud third parties chiming in.
What good would that have done? The only way for Jeb to clear his name was to make a statement in front of everyone on this list, which he did. As for third parties, I find it surprising that you would express surprise at the lack of outrage by third parties and then decry the fact that third parties have jumped in. (And, Efren, I don't think that this is one of those cases where the fact that English is not your first language is an issue.) As for the issue at hand, I don't believe that Zach realized how hurtful his comments could be. On the other hand, I can understand 150% why Jeb felt that he had to set the record straight. --Mike