bianchipan@yahoo.com wrote: What makes any one individual's choice more or less sane than the next guy/girl? I myself do not care for a Herse, but I admire them and all other bikes built with passion.But that is just me.I was taught as a child,"If you have nothing nice to say,then I suggest you say nothing at all". Good advice I think,and it should apply here.
Then Bruce Dundee wrote: Harris, That's good advice for a child but we're all grown-ups on this list. Much of life revolves around opinions whether it be politics, the arts, or whatever. As I said earlier, I don't like Italian bikes (I'll make an exception for 1950s Italian frames though) because they all look the same. You might not like Hobbs or Flying Scots machines in which case I won't be offended if you say so. It's just an opinion, no better or worse than anyone else's and
you either take it or leave it.
Easy enough for you to say take it or leave it Bruce, but no one here is acting like an asshole belittling YOUR choice, or your opinion for that matter. You're right everyone IS entitled to their own preferences, however I strongly disagree with the notion that everyone is entitled to express those opinions that are so dear to them ESPECIALLY when persistently bleating insults at others while doing so.
Yes, I know I said the word "asshole." So what, its part of my opinion, right? -smile-