> acronym "BO"). > "St.McCoy" on the other hand is designed to convey the saintliness of the > subject. I'd have thouhgt that Stewart is a "Mr.Rogers" of the lutenists' > neighborhood, if I didn't know what he looked like. > RT >>> Calling someone by a name other than their correct name is puerile, >>> and has the opposite effect from the one intended. Name-calling is >>> designed to hurt someone by making fun of them, but it is inevitably >>> the name-caller who ends up looking foolish, because it reflects the >>> paucity of his thought. It is all very tiresome, and I do wish it >>> would stop. >>> Best wishes, >>> Stewart McCoy > Stewart, > I haven't had any real correspondence with you other than this > occasion, but I do find your take on all this rather haughty and holier > than thou. > I guess there two ways to insult people. One is flat out in your face > and obvious, and the other in my humble opinion, a little more insidious, > attack there character, motivation, intelligence, etc. resulting in the > purist form of un just discrimination, simply because one has a different > view on something. This slowly starts to build up and take root > producing cancerous result. > As I said, I was a bit over the top, I think once or twice calling him > an ape would have done the trick just fine, and I should have left it at > that. > I'm really amazed at how people read the words and only see the > obvious, however the intent and essence seems to go unnoticed. > Everyone in the end who had a problem with the way I handled it, had > little to say while the exchange was taking place. The sign of a true > critic. > I am rather direct and obvious in all matters in my life, for good or > bad, and have little patience for this kind of character assassination, > while at the same time I do enjoy an intelligent exchange of ideas, but to > have that happen you need two or more reasonable people. > All the best, > Michael Well, there are some potential linguistic pitfalls, stemming from the differences between American and British versions of English, as well as considerable differences in thinking patterns: people tend to be A BIT more elliptical in Midlands than in Iowa, and a direct statement American style could get them discombobulated. Having said that, I DO NOT think that Stewart is capable of that deadly half-smile of condecsension for which I fondly remember Sir Nigel North..... RT
______________ Roman M. Turovsky http://turovsky.org http://polyhymnion.org > Michael Thames > Luthier > www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com > Site design by Natalina Calia-Thames > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "LUTE-LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:02 AM > Subject: Re: Facsimeles etc. > > >>>> No, you are not alone. I suppose people forget that, when we send >>>> messages addressed to particular individuals, we are also sending >>>> that same message to everyone else on the list. If you aim a bucket >>>> of water at someone, everyone else gets soaked in the process. >>>> >>>> There have been two kinds of name-calling in the last few days: >>>> >>>> a) Using an offensive word like "monkey" or "ape"; >>>> >>>> b) Altering someone's name into some sort of sarcastic nickname, >>>> e.g. MO for Matanya Ophee, Uncle Albert for Albert Reyerman, and St. >>>> McCoy for me. >> I personally find the use of initials a term of endearment, even for such > a >> sklochnik as MO (there is also an added analogy here with an American >> acronym "BO"). >> "St.McCoy" on the other hand is designed to convey the saintliness of the >> subject. I'd have thouhgt that Stewart is a "Mr.Rogers" of the lutenists' >> neighborhood, if I didn't know what he looked like. >> RT >>>> Calling someone by a name other than their correct name is puerile, >>>> and has the opposite effect from the one intended. Name-calling is >>>> designed to hurt someone by making fun of them, but it is inevitably >>>> the name-caller who ends up looking foolish, because it reflects the >>>> paucity of his thought. It is all very tiresome, and I do wish it >>>> would stop. >>>> Best wishes, >>>> >>>> Stewart McCoy. >> >> > >
