"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 1/20/2013 8:39 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
>> "gtr" > wrote in message
>> news:201301201705596161-xxx@yyyzzz...
>>> On 2013-01-21 00:17:47 +0000, Kalmia said:
>>>
>>>> On Sunday, January 20, 2013 1:41:49 PM UTC-5, gtr wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> They're compelled to provide money to the place whether they eat there
>>>>> or not. You'd think they would voice their viewpoint. But at a
>>>>> certain
>>>>> point, particularly in "retirement communities" predictably bad is
>>>>> okay
>>>>> because it's predictable.
>>>>
>>>> I bet if enough residents banded together, they could vote to disband
>>>> the
>>>> dining room and all the rest of the frills, and do away with that
>>>> assessment.
>>>
>>> Before the get to that point though, they might encounter the "oh well"
>>> reaction. I note that as I advance in years the "oh well" response and
>>> the
>>> "why bother" response come up more and more frequently.
>>>
>>>> Evidently, enough residents are satisfied with the arrangement.
>>>
>>> Silence, as has long been typified by the American political situation,
>>> daytime TV and all manner of other things, does not necessarily imply
>>> satisfaction.
>>>
>>
>> nor agreement.
>>
>>
> Except I've stated I have *not* been "silent" about it.

I wasn't speaking of you. I was contesting the idea that others, who remain
silent, are not in fact satisfied. You just don't know one way or the
other, for sure.