>>>> However the publishers produce facsimiles not to make money. The facsimiles >>>> make their OTHER books look trustworthy and sellable. In other words the >>>> facsimiles are promotional material to a large degree. >>>> RT >>>> You do have a way with words, well said !!! >>> Indeed he does. Every demagogue who speaks out of ignorance has a way with >>> words. Turovsky is no different. >>> Matanya Ophee >> I'd rather be a professional socialist, than an amateur >> capitalist............ > well said! Thanks....
> Don't you get tired of that - how do you call it? Dog fights? > There is no sense discussing with Mantanya - he is an ignorant person > mixing truth and lie at his will. And as a scientist ... better don't > try to decrease on his level of discussion. I would have ignored MO, but I see him as an insidious embodiment of small-hearted/minded positivist thinking with no morals, whose half-truths are capable of infecting those who are less vigilant. > > Actually I don't believe TREE for instance produces facsimiles as > promotional material. This will apply to other fields of production but > not to lute related material. I have plenty of respect for Albert, even if he did facsimiles for image building purposes. I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THAT (My transcriptions serve a similar purpose, not primarily though: I only transcribe what I love in the first place, and I frankly think they are no worse (i.e. a lot better) than the ones in Augsburg Ms.). To put is simply: he shouldn't consider us sheep following HIS middleclass+ status quo protocol. We are people with beliefs that may be different from his, and also with an understanding that such protocols are not conducive to the survival of lutenistic species (on top of being legally meaningless). Besides: submitting oneself to convention is not my idea of an interesting life. > > I have to admit that I don't follow the discussion closely and just by > accident jumped into this thread (MO's messages are immediatly deleted) Likewise, a couple of dozen list messages never reached me, so I went to check Mailarchive. The rest is history. It seems though that the dogfight cured my flu..... RT
