I'll save folks the trouble of hunting this one down:
ANNOUNCE: New whistlemaker
Group: rec.music.celtic
Date: Fri, Aug 16, 2002, 6:06am (EDT-3)
From:
fitness@sound.net (Bill Whedon)
Please don't beat me up. I'll only do this once.
I'm a new whistlemaker, in the business because I love whistle music, and wanted a good low whistle that wasn't plastic, and didn't cost a mint. I make beautiful, one-of-a-kind engraved whistles and Renaissance flutes, easy-playing with good sound. Medium priced. Please come see me.
http://www.serpentmusic.com
Thanks,
Bill Whedon
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As for Teri, Blackhawk, and Chuck's comments....I'm tempted to get WAAAAY up on the soapbox here, but I'll try to restrain myself. I have just one question then: Exactly what the hell is wrong with being cautious? No one is suggesting taking any sort of action against this individual, rather people are saying be careful about these whistles until we know more. Sure, some people aren't crazy about the whistles' looks, based on the photo, but that happens with other whistles as well.
If, in the end, these whistles turn out to be on the up and up, the maker should certainly understand our skeptism once he knows the history and facts behind it.
I seriously can't understand what you three have a problem with. Do you open the door to your homes to people you don't know? Leave your businesses unlocked at night? Do you encourage your children to talk to strangers? (Okay, I asked more than one question)
I swear you three sound like statistics waiting waiting to happen. During the years I taught Martial Arts and Defensive tactics to Law Enforcement officers, (which included doing contract work for the federal government) I had many discussions with these Law Enforcement Professionals about why people become victims of crime, and you three make perfect poster children for the cause: Even when confronted with multiple reasons to be suspicious, you say "Oh, don't be paranoid, we should always give people the benefit of the doubt" Every Law Enforcement professional I've ever met, everything I've ever read on the subject of crime and how to avoid it, as well as my own personal experience of having been a victim of, and witness to, multiple crimes, some physically quite violent, says that this attitude of yours is the exact attitude that causes people to become victims when they could have otherwise avoided it.
Again, no one here has suggested any action against anyone, and there are legitimate reasons to be concerned (a website offering sales but no physical address or any identification of the sellers), so, people having been burned by someone in the same state, doing business in a similar manner in the past, are simply being cautious. And, to be quite honest, as someone who has been a crime victim in the past, I rather take offense to your putting down those of us who are simply trying to avoid being victimized again, and who are trying to look out for others in hopes of keeping them from suffering as well. Especially since none of you are stepping up to order any of these whistles, easy enough to give advice when it won't affect you one way or the other......
Loren
If somebody made one of these whistles for themselves as a hobby and self expression I would say cool, but somebody is making these whistles to profit and I say blech. Vent complete.
Scott
