Re: Moot (off topic)

2004-06-01 Thread timothy motz
Bill, I don't think your question about the photos vs. the actual incidents carries much weight. The world was not really stirred against the Holocaust until photos and newsreels were taken by Allied forces liberating the camps. It was known for years before that the Nazis were moving trainloads

Re: Moot (off topic)

2004-06-01 Thread Howard Posner
Bill wrote: > my server couldn't connect to the sweeping generalization site you > mention. > > go there often, do you? Not necessary. These days I get free home delivery.

Re: Moot (off topic)

2004-06-01 Thread bill
dear howard - my server couldn't connect to the sweeping generalization site you mention. go there often, do you? pip-pip - bill On Martedì, giu 1, 2004, at 21:08 Europe/Rome, Howard Posner wrote: > You wrote: > >> i'd like to know if those who criticize the coalition for their human >> righ

Re: Moot (off topic)

2004-06-01 Thread Howard Posner
You wrote: > i'd like to know if those who criticize the coalition for their human > rights abuses base their criticisms on some very disturbing photos or > on the deeds that were committed in them. That's an easy question to answer. All people who take up the lute because it's rare and arcane,

Re: Moot (off topic)

2004-06-01 Thread bill
very good ariel, i take your point. complimenti - bill On Martedì, giu 1, 2004, at 19:04 Europe/Rome, Ariel Abramovich wrote: > From my humble point of view, you know what's the problem of bringing > subjects like all this to the forum? > We (the members of this list) don't have the minimum neces

Re: Moot (off topic)

2004-06-01 Thread Ariel Abramovich
>From my humble point of view, you know what's the problem of bringing subjects like all this to the forum? We (the members of this list) don't have the minimum necessary elements for a serious and productive debate about politics, nor a simple fair and productive exchange. In other words: Our perc

Moot (off topic)

2004-06-01 Thread bill
on the human rights watch organization site, buried under 7 pages of criticism of us involvement in iraq and the human rights abuses committed by the coalition forces since their invasion of the country, is an article entitled "Iraq: The Death Penalty, Executions, and 'Prison Cleansing'" from m

Re: Mute (Re: Off topic)

2004-06-01 Thread James A Stimson
Dear All: In the highly entertaining "Picasso on Art" (Da Capo Press, 1972), in which the artist's views and comments on art are meticulously translated into English, politics makes an occasional entry. Mostly it's Picasso's rants against Nazis and fascists. But he also said "Guernica" was his

Re: Mute (off topic)

2004-06-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
The "politics" bar is around the corner, but it's not this one. Make no mistake about it. RT __ Roman M. Turovsky http://polyhymnion.org/swv > Not at all. I may be in the wrong bar. Let's see: chicken > wire protecting the stage. No, this is the place. > Gary >> Gary, are you try

Re: Mute (off topic)

2004-06-01 Thread Gary Digman
Roman; Not at all. I may be in the wrong bar. Let's see: chicken wire protecting the stage. No, this is the place. Gary - Original Message - From: Roman Turovsky Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 08:11:03 -0400 To: Gary Digman ,

Re: Mute (off topic)

2004-06-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
Gary, are you trying to say that my company is beneath your dignity RT > Dear Roman; > Am I in refined company? Oops. > Gary >>> Is there some manual or document where the parameters and nature >>> of this discussion group are set forth? I didn't receive mine. I >>> thought this was just a

Re: Mute (off topic)

2004-06-01 Thread Gary Digman
Dear Craig; Or it could be a bunch of people who play lute who happen to be talking about their politics, their love life and their grandchildren. Gary - Original Message - From: Craig Robert Pierpont Date: Mon,

Re: Mute (off topic)

2004-06-01 Thread Gary Digman
Dear Roman; Am I in refined company? Oops. Gary - Original Message - From: Roman Turovsky Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 09:17:49 -0400 To: Gary Digman Subject: Re: Mute (off topic) > > Is there some manual or document wh

Re: Mute (off topic)

2004-06-01 Thread Gary Digman
Dear Tom; Nice talking to you. All the Best, Gary - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 05:45:20 EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mute (off topic) > Dear Gary,

Mute (off topic)

2004-06-01 Thread RichardTomBeck
Dear Gary, Of course I take your point. My position I have already stated: this is a lute list, etc., etc. Looks like we'll have to agree to disagree. Cheers :-) Tom --

Re: Mute (off topic)

2004-06-01 Thread Gary Digman
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 di

Translation of Moulinie air de cour needed

2004-06-01 Thread Stewart McCoy
Dear Tony, Many thanks for checking my translation of Moulinié's "Cessez amants de servir Angelique". What I find interesting is the rubric (for want of a word) which shows the pitch relationship between the voice and the lute. There are many lute songs where the singer's part is written in an ea