times up! why, it seems like only yesterday... tending my own garden - bill
On Marted�, mag 25, 2004, at 19:40 Europe/Rome, bill wrote: > what say we give this thread a week and then put a lid on it. On Sabato, mag 29, 2004, at 23:52 Europe/Rome, ferengiz�de dani�l shawqy wrote: > If you really think the fascist US Junta is just a subject among > others = > like ball games etc. it proves that Arto is right and something > terrible = > happens to all of us. The repeated, almost hysterical pledge/command > by = > various members of the list to muffle one's outrage and rather talk = > about nylgut is rather suspicious, I must say. > With my mouth open, > danyel > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 5:18 PM > Subject: Off topic > > > Dear all, > > The point at issue is quite simple. We all of us have our opinions = > upon a=20 > whole range of topics, will Liverpool Football club ever be any good > = > again, why=20 > did Arsenal once more not win the Champions' League, and other > matters = > of=20 > equally great importance. I could fill this list with my opinions on > = > these burning=20 > questions, as could our American friends on baseball and our Finnish > = > friends=20 > on javelin throwing and long distance running. =20 > > But this is a lute list. No one, I imagine, wants to hear my = > meditations on=20 > football, nor do I and the rest of us want to hear other people's = > ideas on=20 > politics. We none of are fools, but are here to talk of lutes and = > music. For those=20 > who feel the need to talk politics, there are countless boards where > = > they can=20 > do this. Why we should be subjected to someone else's thoughts on > what = > is=20 > going on in this or that part of the world is, frankly, beyond me. I > = > don't need=20 > someone in Finland nor from anywhere else to tell me what to think, > I = > can make=20 > up my own mind.=20 > > And finally, it is impolite in the extreme to bother American and = > British=20 > participants (If I've left anyone out, sorry) with political and = > moralising=20 > judgements based on assumption of which the writer can have no the = > slightest idea.=20 > Just leave it alone, we're not here for that. And to misuse this > list = > for such=20 > a purpose is tantamount to entering someone's house and being sick > on = > the=20 > floor in order to protest at some government's policies. It just > ain't = > on, it's=20 > insulting, patronising and totally unnecessary. Cheers > > Tom =20 > > -- > > -- >
