"Lutes of mass distraction." Hah! I like that.
I think Ron was objecting to the use of "lutespeak," which is a
particular form of double-talk peculiar to the lute community, where
such phraseology as "reverse engineering" has to be abstracted in
order to be understood. And thereby misunderstood.
David - the one who "does it naturally." (More lutespeak...?)
On Jul 4, 2011, at 11:25 AM, David van Ooijen wrote:
On 4 July 2011 16:35, Ron Andrico <[email protected]> wrote:
David wrote:
> Ron's question, made relevant for the listers, freely
translates to
..
Just a minute, buddy. This kind of 'freely translated'
interpretation
of someone else's words has led to such disasters as the search for
weapons of mass destruction in Iraq as a justification for
attack, and
I had a fun weekend on the lute list, and thank you all kindly for it,
but don't remember bringing up world politics. Perhaps you are
referring to the fact that occasionally I bring archlutes of mass
distraction to Iran? It's a neighbouring country, full of friendly
people playing tar and setar, no justification for attacking them.
the abstraction of the term 'reverse engineering' to justify the
invention of a new instrument to play old music.
Perhaps you're mixing up Davids here. I do agree, there are too
many of us.
David - the lefty
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