On 24 May 2019, Wilfred van Velzen said the following...
 
 Wv> And about ANSI: If you want to get noticed by as many people as
 Wv> possible: Don't post ANSI messages, that can't be red by a large part of
 Wv> your target audiance.

I understand what you're saying, however it's not about quantity for me.

I don't have any rules about who can join the net of course not, I welcome
everyone if they want to join, I just think that a nice ANSI advert doesn't
hurt anyone, we used ANSI back in the 80's and I'm sure there's no reason why
people can't read it now, besides, I appreciate nice artwork, I can't make
art myself at all, however I do my best... but I would much rather put out
something that took me time and effort to show whoever is reading it that I
took time and effort in making it, rather than slapping together a few lines
of text and saying to myself, meh that'll do... post!

Now I'm not saying that there's anything wrong in that, plenty of people do
that and it's 100% fine, just not for me. I put effort in because I like
putting effort in, and I hope that people appreciate that, regardless if my
attempts aren't any good in the grand scheme of things but I did my best, and
I hope that is reflected somehow.

I think there's room in these echoes for everyone and for everyone to have
their own little bit of it, and to have freedom to express themselves however
they choose, if I want to use ANSI, I will, if I don't want to use ANSI, I
won't... who is to tell me I'm right or wrong for making that decision
at the time? As long as I am not hurting anyone or saying things I shouldn't,
what's the issue?

This isn't a rant, and I know you weren't having a rant at me, I just felt I
needed to get this off my chest as too often lately I see posts in echoes
with the speaker offering their "opinion" only to finish it with
... "so
that's why you're wrong and I'm right" kind of attitude and I don't think
there's any need for it.

Opinions aren't to be right or wrong, they're just opinions. As long as the
actions that come from opinions don't hurt people or cause actual trouble,
everything should be ok. After all, if everyone had the same opinion the
world would be so plain and boring. I praise the Lord above for variety and
the gift of free will and to allow us all to be able to think and do things
for ourselves.


No ANSI was harmed in the making of this message!

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