Heathkits and Victorian morality

[Ken Dupuis, wn2sqc]

I also agree, there are obviously a lot of eBay bashers on this list.
Be careful what you wish for, you may change the rules and someone
may object to what you think is okay, live and let live, seems to me the
word HEATH is part of this lists address, Ken

On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 18:30:08 -0400 Ed Gardner <egardner at TWCNY.RR.COM>
writes:
> I agree.
>
> Malcolm Leonard wrote:
> >
> > Will someone explain to me what the rationale is behind the
> objection that many people have to items for auction being mentioned
> in newsgroups?Why is this wrong?
> >
> > How does it harm this,or any other group as long as the item
> relates directly and specifically to the interests of the group?
> >
> > The chance that so many such items would be mentioned that this
> group became transformed into an extension of ebay or Yahoo Auctions
> is so unlikely as not to deserve discussion.It almost seems as
> though certain news group members have a moral or ethical objection
> to other people making money,as though it was somehow tainting or
> defiling our hobby to make even an occasional buck at it.Why?
> >
> > I get the feeling that I am dealing with some weird,Victorian age
> derived concept that money brings pleasure and is therefore somehow
> immoral,and tends to taint the "purity" of a hobby pursued for
> somehow "higher" ideals than personal gain.This is pure crap!There
> is nothing wrong with money and the concept of personal profit
> providing it is pursued in an ethical manner.
> >
> > This does not mean that I advocate turning this group into an
> extension of any auction site!And,I don't want to see ladie's
> girdles and Mickey Mouse comic books being referenced to ebay
> auctions,here, in this Heath group,**and** I would limit the number
> of such references if it began to get out of hand.Otherwise...let's
> not complain about it being a bad thing.
> >
> > Malcolm Leonard
> >
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