--- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi�: > > --- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > escribi??> > I am questioning a > > rather dubious methodological > >>> approach, and I have stated my reasons for > >> considering > >>> it as such. If that reminds you of MO's atacks, > it > >> is > >>> your privilege to believe so. > >> If you accept E.7XXXX as a vihuela there is no > >> reason not to accept Diaz. > > > > > > I accept the E.0748 as a six-course vihuela; I > accept > > the Dias instrument for what it may be: either a > > five-course guitar or a five course-vihuela, both > > options can be defended. I prefer (and stress > > "prefer") to consider it a guitar taking into > account > > the historical and musical context at the time it > was > > made. If you prefer to consider it a five-course > > vihuela I would have no qualms about that. What I > find > > objectionable is to assert that it was a > six-course > > vihuela without adequate support to back such a > claim. > This all boils down to partisan defense of friends, > rather than intellectual > evenhandedness. It's perfectly acceptable, and I'm > not immune to this > myself. > RT >
Being aware that an attack ad hominem is the last resource when there are no academic arguments to defend a case, I thank you for this tacit admission. Now, if you are prepared to back the opinion you state with adequate evidence, I will be only to happy to continue the discussion. Otherwise you are welcome to proclaim your personal opinions to whomsoever will be willing to listen; I shall not be interested. With best regards, Antonio _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Informaci�n de Estados Unidos y Am�rica Latina, en Yahoo! Noticias. Vis�tanos en http://noticias.espanol.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
