David Wilson-Okamura
Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:57:48 GMT
At 09:17 AM 3/13/03 +0100, Rob Dyer wrote: >Are petitions re the new war acceptable to the list? Thank you for asking. As you know, the question came up earlier today on the Spenser-Sidney mailing list, and the reaction there was, for the most part, positive. I am reluctant to dissent from my wise and learned colleagues. Nevertheless, I ask petitioners to refrain from using this list for that purpose, if for no other reason than this: if we start now, it will be hard to stop later. If recent events give you insight into Virgil's poetry, by all means share it. (I have been meaning to respond to Martin Hughes very thoughtful comments on the fathers of Augustus for many weeks now.) I do ask one thing: do not make Virgil's poetry a pretext for a sermon. Not that I have anything against sermons: I make it a point to attend one every week. But there are other places for that. Yours faithfully, but firmly, Dr. David Wilson-Okamura Listowner, Mantovano ----------------------------------------------------------------------- David Wilson-Okamura http://virgil.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] East Carolina University Virgil reception, discussion, documents, &c ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub