On Apr 4, 2012, at 8:34 AM, Jason Green wrote: > I understand how easy it is. I'm simply stating that it's a bit silly. > > Do we REALLY need spoiler spaces when we're discussing a book that > > A) was published 30 years ago > > And > > B) was written by an author who is the focus of this list. > > My point is that this is a dedicated Feist email list, visited by dedicated > fans. I make the assumption that they are dedicated because who the heck > looks up, joins, and reads an email list about an author they don't already > have a deep appreciation of? I would guess that is a tiny minority of the > readers of this list. > > "ahhhh!!!! Spoilers please! Not everyone has read Hamlet yet!" > > "but, this is an advanced class about Shakeapeare's most famous works" > > I'm not stating that I am rebelling against spoiler spaces. I'm simply > pointing out that it's silly. > > And it IS silly. >
Let me stress this: Not everyone is the same age. We've had teenagers join this list who had just read Magician for the first time. Not everyone has read every book. Faerie Tale came out 23 years ago and there are people who haven't read the list. This is NOT a graduate seminar in "Feist Studies" which requires you've read very book before you sit down. Got it? People have been asked for YEARS on this list to provide spoiler space when any content is being discussed. If you're new to the list and you don't know why, see the above. if you decide to argue, you're being discourteous. If you keep arguing, I'll ask you to leave the list. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
