Don White wrote:
wrote:
I thought "fire away" would have been plain enough for you.
There is nothing in any portion of this thread that identifies a
specific individual or business. If I had said "Joe Blow of Joe Blow
Watercraft appears to be on the cover of a competing magazine piloting
a brand of boat he doesn't sell, and as far as I know he's screwing
around on his wife,"
you'd have an issue. But I didn't, you don't, and there's nothing to
apologize for because I have not damaged anybody. The post reports a
funny situation, without identifying the individual invovled any more
specifically than the fact that he is not a Bayliner dealer. As the
original post states, there's also a chance it could just be a dead
ringer for the individual in question, (which would almost make it even
funnier). There's nothing to retract.
If the answer still seem obscure, let me know.
You know, you may have to 'let' Jimh win one to get him off your back.
Otherwise, he's like some half blind, old hounddog sniffing after you
every chance he gets.
That's a good idea. JimH, you win this one. If the party the photo
appears to depict is enjoing an outing on a competitor's boat and his
relationship, if any, to the woman on the bow is unknwon it is
certainly my remark that such a photo of an unnamed person exists (a
remark that will be viewed by about 20 people) rather than the photo
itself (that could be viewed by about 1000 times as many people) that
will ruin his life. Of course you're right. How could I fail to see
such an obvious fact? I'll get out my calendar and circle the date,
and make a little note- "JimH won." In fact, I might as well say, "JimH
beat the living crap out of me". :-)