Denise,
Amen to that. I have been threatened by two different vendors in the past
for stating an opinion or offering my recipes that may have been similar
to theirs. I hardly ever respond to the histonet as a result. I
appreciate the vendors, but they need to realize that the histonet
belongs to the subscribers and we use it to help one another for the sake
of science and medicine. If they are offended (Vendors), they have the
right to unsubscribe.
M.Price

On Wed, 06 Sep 2000 20:03:39 +0000 Denise M Long-Woodward
<denisew2@juno.com> writes:
> What concerns me even more is that I have heard six different people
> tell
> me they have been threatened, intimidated,  and lambasted for their
> opinions (which they shared on the histonet) by companies they gave
> unfavorable comments about
>
> As you said, Money for capital equipment usually requires years of
> begging, bribing, and sometime very "creative" financing.  Knowing
> what
> the options are and how they compare is required. We don't just go
> to the
> nearest car dealership when we need a new vehicle. We investigate
> the
> choices and choose the one that best fits our needs and our wallets.
> Equipment demos are helpful but daily user opinions are far better.
>
> If companies who monitor the histonet can't understand that the
> freedom
> of expression is a CONSTITUTIONAL right and that participants of
> histonet
> exercise this right to express their solicited opinions than maybe
> they
> should "Unsubscribe".
>
> My last two cents on this subject.
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