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Originally Posted by gmw
You certainly wouldn't be the first person that prefers to take insult rather than try to understand.
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Isn't the converse true as well? Just because one may have been lucky enough to never have encountered anyone who
intends "real book" as an insult, doesn't mean that person's experience is par for the course. Saying "get over it" (or even suggesting trying to understand someone who's ranting on a bully-pulpit against ebooks) is not quite fair to those whose experiences in this regard clearly differ from their own. Those people wouldn't be the first to prefer to be dismissive rather than try to understand.
We all know that there's many people who use "real book" innocently (or at the very least ignorantly). Context is everything. But some in this argument would have us believe that insult is so rarely intended by "real book" as to be completely negligible. That those who take offense are doing so when no offense is intended. That's not been the experience of many. I know when I'm being insulted by someone who's espousing a haughty opinion of ebooks. It's not a lack of understanding.