An example of trivial objections and how I respond to them

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Subject: Re: would it be? Re: [O*F*F] New subscriber: Monart Pon and
Concerto of Deliverance
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 11:46:52 -0600
From: Monart Pon <monart@...>
Reply-To: OistFreeForum@yahoogroups.com


Good question, "c". Let me ask you this:

If the album (which was produced with tens of thousands of hard-earned
money from a generous pauper -- me) were being offered for free, would
it then be considered a "no-sell spam"? Well, I do offer free samples
and free, insightful articles on the website, but do you expect to get
it all for free? Is that being "free" means to you? Is this what
"OistFreeForum" stands for?

For (presumably) an objectivist and a Rand reader, why would your spam
question be the first and only comment you have, in response to a
goodwilled invitation to check out a value that you, otherwise, may not
know about? Have you looked and listened enough to make an informed
judgment? Have you already been swamped and spammed by countless emails
of numerous albums called "Concerto of Deliverance'?

If your spam question is what's standing in your way, then I'll
specifically answer it: No, this is not spam -- "soft-sell",
"hard-sell", or "no-sell" spam. Spam sends messages indiscriminately
about irrelevant, trivial products to destinations that don't want to be
told about them. My invitational message is definitely not that.


-Monart



Gold Standard Press wrote:

> would this be considered "soft-sell spam:?
>
> :>D
>
> c.


----- Original Message -----
From: Monart Pon <mailto:monart@...>
To: OistFreeForum@yahoogroups.com <mailto:OistFreeForum@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 12:10 PM
Subject: [O*F*F] New subscriber: Monart Pon and Concerto of Deliverance

Hello,

I'm a new subscriber to this forum and would like to introduce myself to
those of you who don't know me from other venues. I've been studying,
using, and benefiting from Rand's work on objectivism since 1971, when
her Fountainhead motivated me to switch from astrophysics to philosophy
and earn a BA in philosophy and a MA in objectivist astronautics. I've
been active in promoting and advocating the philosophy in various
projects, and my latest project is a significant example.

To round out this introduction to what I'm about -- who I am, what I'm
after, and how I'm doing it -- is the new album, titled "Concerto of
Deliverance" by John Mills-Cockell, that I've commissioned and produced,
an album inspired by Rand's description of such music in Atlas Shrugged.
An invitational message is appended below to lead you to more information.

The production of the album is an independent project, done mainly out
of love and goodwill (a "mom and pop" venture) -- but this is a
high-class album depicting an expansive world of beauty and excitement,
offered for your enjoyment.

Thank you.

Monart
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