Andre Lieven <andrelieven@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> If he were truely, at that point, undecided, given that Philcon is
> still eight months away, there would be no need to inform people
> that he may not be there. Its not like hes GOH material there...
As I said -- and you quoted -- I updated http://KeithLynch.net/cons.html.
That's a list of the cons I've been to or plan to go to. That page
averages about 40 hits per week, so obviously some people care. I
tem****arily added "(maybe)" to Philcon 2008.
> Further, his and your statements are pregnant with the ASSumption
> that car versus transit accessability are either the MOST im****tant
> or ONLY consideration that the Philcon concom used in picking that
> facility.
Obviously false. If you think you read that in anything I or anyone
else said here, I think you have a screw loose.
> He strongly hints at it; I merely made it a more honest statement.
You change what I say so that you can denounce it.
> Are you seriously suggesting that non car owning fans CANNOT get
> lifts from car owning fans ? Madness !
The only madness here is yours, as nobody else suggested any
such thing.
One car-free Datclave attendee from New Jersey took Amtrak to DC, then
Metro to Maryland, to catch a ride with a fan to the con in Pennsylvania.
> Further, had he seriously asked about transit/pedestrian options to
> the new site, that would also have been quite ( uncharacteristically
> ) reasonable for him.
I did ask exactly that, as you know. Oh, wait, you put that weasel
word, "seriously" in there. So no matter what I actually said, you
can denounce me for not "seriously" saying it. Okay. Whatever.
> My point is that, while most of us driving fen would *like* to not
> have an additional cost/charge for parking our vehicles, I seriously
> doubt that any such downtown con has lost member****ps due to driving
> fen deciding that the parking charge would be " too much " for them
> to cover.
Having to pay a few dollars to store your vehicle for several days in
the middle of a crowded city is not quite as inconvenient as having
to travel from New Jersey to DC to Maryland just to catch a ride to
Pennsylvania.
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