Michael,
I respect where you are coming from, and please understand my comments weren't intended to offend anyone, I was just stating my opinion, as you were. It just seemed to me when I read your comments, that they were reactionary and slightly emotional. I am all for a healthy debate, but not for an emotional debate. It's been my experience that when someone is emotional, you can never get them to see your point of view. I don't care if someone else agrees with my point of view or not, as long as they can see where I was coming from or what I meant.
As far as the Guro Dan comment, I re-read what I wrote and see where you could have thought what you did. That wasnt my intention. My comment only meant that this is a "Martial Arts Business" and part of the business of it is to generate revenue, however I don't believe that is Guro Dan's only movitvation. That probably isn't even in his top 5 motivating factors for teaching. I have a tremendous amount of respect for Guro Dan and all his instructors, including the ones I have trained under and the ones I don't like.
The thing is, I usually re-read what someone else wrote before I respond, to make sure I didn't misinterprete what they said or meant, and I also usually re-read my comments before I post them. In this case with the Money comment, I didn't realize that it could have easily been misinterpreted. That was my fault for leaving my comment that way, and I take responsiblity for it, because that wasn't my intention.
With that in mind thanks for taking the time to explain where you were coming from. Looking forward to more healthy discussions with you in the future.
