On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Christopher Albers wrote:
> Mike,
> I, for one, was not offended by your request. I was more offended by
> the indignation of the responses than anything else. But yes, perhaps
I was one of those who responded with indignation. I think what struck
me wrong was the request that others help fund what is really a luxury.
I think most people feel the same way; there is a reason why panhandlers
ask for money for dinner, rather than money for a good cigar.
Not only did he want money to get the car running again, he wanted his
bumpers and hubcaps rechromed. I'm wondering how I will fund that
myself. I still think my response was a reasonable reaction
to an unreasonable request.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons(at)northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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