Dear Tom;
I don't open any emails on topics in which I am not interested.
If someone makes a statement and I disagree with it, I say so and
attempt to argue for my view. I don't tell them to be quiet and accuse
them of being rude. Arto has obviously been deeply disturbed and
troubled by the actions of the current US Government. If Arto is
wrong in his view of the situation, the task is to tell him so and set
right. It is not up to me to decide for anyone what is proper and what
is improper for this forum. I repeat, I don't open any emails on
topics in which I am not interested.
All the Best,
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 07:38:23 EDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Mute (off topic)
> Dear Gary,
>
> Of course there is no 'manual or document where the parameters and
nature of
> this discussion group are set forth'. It just strikes me as common
courtesy to
> stick to the matter in hand. As I said in my original message, do
you want to
> hear me nattering on about Liverpool or Arsenal footballs clubs? I
rather
> suspect not.
>
> Allow me to make a point that occurred to me with regard to this
discussion.
> Heydrich, the Nazi governor of 'Bohemia' was by all accounts a good
violinist,
> who played the Bach solo violin repertoire. Had he taken part in
such a forum
> as this for violins under a pseudonym, we would not have known who
he was,
> and as long as he kept to the subject in hand, he would have been
one of 'us'.
> Indeed, I have no idea whether or how many participants here have
political
> ideas (or are anti-Liverpool/Arsenal) which I would find repulsive.
Nor do I much
> care. That is not the point of this list, a fact surely too obvious
to need
> pointing out, let alone requiring a manual or document.
>
> I am glad to read what people have to say about the lute and its
music. I am
> old enough, well-read enough and have enough moral sense to form my
own
> opinions on politics and the like. I most certainly don't wish to
have them preached
> at me by people I don't otherwise know and whose motives are none of
my
> business, as my private thoughts are none of theirs. If I so wished,
and was indeed
> foolish enough, there is plenty I could say about participants here
from this
> or that country the behaviour of which has had a profound effect on
my life
> and that of my family. But (a) guilt by association is as low as one
can get
> (b) if I sign up here, I knowingly join a community dealing with a
specialist
> subject and nothing else (c) insinuating that people from particular
countries
> are, simply by virtue of the fact they come from said countries, not
fit
> company for other members is insulting in the extreme.
>
> I could, if daft enough, as I said, play that game ad nauseam, but
to descend
> to such levels ought to be beneath the dignity of those taking part
in the
> discussions here.
>
> Kindest regards
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> --
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