So................. why don't we merely put beards on the face of the lute, instead of the lutenist?
ed At 09:02 PM 12/13/2004 -0600, Stuart LeBlanc wrote: >It seems to me that in a democratic society, the primary consideration in >regard to any putative Lutenist-Beard Tax would be what >social services would result from the budgetary opportunities arising from >such tax. For example, if the revenues went toward a >national trust dedicated to the preservation of lute source materials. > >Of course, there are certain "supply-side" economic theorists who would >argue that Government intervention in the free market of >lute goods and services is inherently nefarious, and furthermore that such >taxation would be a net reduction of the economic power >of each individual bearded lutenist, ultimately resulting in the reduction >of lute-related markets, ultimately bankrupting most >luthiers, tablature publishers and string makers. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Bob Purrenhage [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 5:50 PM >To: Lute Net >Subject: Re: Beards > > >I, too, have a beard (but not just for the record). Would that be a >'value-added' tax I'd pay? a progressive tax if I keep growing it longer?? > >Bob Purrenhage > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Stewart McCoy wrote: > > >Dear Roman, > > > >I am aghast at the thought of a beard tax, which you mention in > >connection with Peter the Great. A great many lutenists today have > >beards. > > > >I would be interested to know what percentage of contributors to > >this list have beards. My guess is that it would be surprisingly > >high, maybe more than 30%, even allowing for female contributors. > > > >Just for the record, I have a beard. > > > >Best wishes, > > > >Stewart. > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Stewart McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute Net" > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 2:28 PM > >Subject: Re: Question about lute courses/strings > > > > > > > > > >>>Dear Jon, > >>> > >>>I am amazed > >>> > >>> > >>Dear Stewart, could you ever write "aghast"? Maybe once? > >>RT > >> > >> > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "LUTE-LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 9:04 PM > >Subject: Re: renaissance america (AustrianArnold,etc) > > > > > > > >>>When Peter the Great shaved off the last boyar beard? > >>> > >>> > >>Took 'em awhile to get shaved. There was also a period of beard > >> > >> > >tax (sic!). > > > > > > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at > >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > >-- Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
