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?
Simply because I think it's not appropiate to say such a thing about a musician. I didn't read Zach's original posting because I'm not interested in most of KV's projects. Many musicians' habits are often easy to notice, but I have never made any comments about it, at least in public. That's one of the points I agreed with everyone. I think the reaction should have been automatic and not provoked by Mr. Bishop's e-mail.
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.
Yes, but I think it was Zach who had to reply to him and nobody should have formed this sort of "front" precisely because nobody complained when the original message was posted. It's quite easy.
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.)
No, thankfully I have understood this thread line by line, word by word. What I don't understand is your statement above, sorry. I "decry the fact that third parties have jumped in" because nobody did before Bishop's e-mail, as I have expressed quite clearly.
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.
100% agreed. Efrén del Valle n.p: Charles Wuorinen "Lepton"
--Mike
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