Dave wrote:

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:53:04 GMT, Rosalie B.
said:

That wasn't the question. You are giving advice that you have not
been asked for.

Ah, a practice unheard of in this group.

If you don't like the message, attack the messenger.

The question that was asked was - do you have a TV on your boat. You
could just say no, without moralizing about it. You could even say,
No we don't have a TV because we don't want one.

You aren't the messenger in this case. A messenger is just someone
that carries a message without having any input or responsibility for
the content. Attacking the message writer (you) for what he writes is
sometimes appropriate, where attacking a simple delivery person is
not.
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