Don't you find it odd that we lambast the press all of the time for inaccurate reporting, but we take a quote as being absolute gospel because it makes one of our own look a little tainted. Someone even put the alleged quote in large red letters, sort of like a cyber scarlet letter. Now I don't know if this quote is accurate or not. How well do you trust the Lowell Sun? How well do you trust the reporter? Maybe it is accurate or maybe it isn't. Maybe it is quoted out of context, or the question posed was such that was the best way to answer the question. There are too many variables here.
Bottom line: if you want the absolute truth, go directly to the source. Too many people get crucified by the press because they are either misquoted or taken out of context.
I don't know the person in question, I doubt if I will ever do business with him because his store is out of my orbit, but for those of you do, I find it mighty queer that you disbelieve and vilify the press until someone comes along with a quote that gets your blood boiling, but you don't really know if it is anymore the truth than the other 70 percent of the lies that lurk between the pages of our newspapers.
Perhaps it is time to step back from post-Heller euphoria and emotionalism and try to figure out how this is going to impact us here in Massachusetts, and what the ruling really means. My concern is that some of you are going to be very disappointed. Perhaps this seems bitter and negative, it is not intended to be, but we really have to see how this whole thing plays out.
Respectfully,
Mark L.
Fair enough. I modified my original post.