Re: [Harp-L] Re: What Constitutes Being A "Professional"?

[michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chris, Somehow this note you wrote me last night offlist wound up
onlist, so I'll respond.  I took nothing you said to be of ill intent.
Michael

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 6:28 PM,  <BluzeHarp@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>I didn't leave out anyone on purpose, I just don't remember  everyone
>>or know everyone's names.  Of course, there are plenty of  Asian
>>chromatic players.  Let's name  them.
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> Michael,
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> I know you to be a decent person, nothing implied in regard to
> intentionally leave anyone out.  Hope it didn't come across as  anything but a factual
> comment, apologies to all if it seemed  otherwise.  Again, I thought yours
> was a good list... & I  like that you introduced the topic.
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> The Asian player thing popped into my head for no particular reason, was
> referring to players from that part of the world as opposed to anyone of a
> specific race.  I should have stated "players from Asia" instead of "Asian
> players".  Seems a valid comment though, as there is  a large mass of talent
> on the other side of the globe and I've seen mention  of only one Far
> Eastern player in this thread.
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> Not in ANY way alleging group racism, absolutely logical  that a primarily
> western based group would list the people they are  familiar with.  Ask the
> same question in China, Japan, Malaysia,  or for that matter Russia,
> Hungary, or Brazil and I'm sure the  initial list would look a lot different.
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> Chris
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