On Mar 25, 8:22 pm, "Keith F. Lynch" <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Andre Lieven <andrelie...@[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 updatedhttp://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.
None of which changes what I wrote...
> > 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.
No proof ever offered ? Whiny outlier fact free claim always fails.
> If you think you read that in anything I or anyone
> else said here, I think you have a screw loose.
Ad Hominem Alone, the last refuge of the *whipped* scoundrel.
> > He strongly hints at it; I merely made it a more honest statement.
>
> You change what I say so that you can denounce it.
No proof ever offered ? Whiny outlier fact free claim always fails.
> > 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.
Ad Hominem Alone, the last refuge of the *whipped* scoundrel.
> 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.
So ? My wife once tried to drive from NY State to Pennsylvania by way
of
Connecticut. That hardly suggests that that was the best way to do
either
trip.
> > 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.
AFTER whining " Is Philcon intended for all fans, or only for
motorists? "
> 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.
Irrelevent flounce noted.
You remain the fellow who tried to claim that having a con in a hotel
that
isn't on an urban rapid transit line and/or a Chinatown bus route is
some
form of discrimination against non-motorist fans.
> > 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.
How would you know ? You've, by your own words, never owned a car.
Thus, you have AbZero standing from which to make any claims about
what constitutes such an experience.
BTW, at the Philly Marriott, the one day parking rate with the hotel
was
$24. How many pouches of ramen noodles can you buy with that
amount ? How many coats can you buy in your quest to squat in hotels,
whose business is based on room night sales ?
It continues to strike me as amazing that some strange people seem to
have no clue that having fans trying to sleep in hotel spaces that
aren't
hotel sleeping rooms is not a path towards having hotels want any SF
cons ever again in their spaces...
Amazing... Damned willfully ignorant, and amazing...
Andre
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