After posting my response last night to Vance Wood's "junk yard dogs/band of
brigands" message, I checked the archive this morning and realized that he
and I had pretty much the same exchange exactly one year ago (does something
about Pearl Harbor Day trigger it, I wonder?) He told me then that my
disagreeing with him proved his point (a useful rhetorical device which
allows the user to declare victory in any situation), and I'll note the same
response now and save him the trouble.
Anyway, if you had a deja vu feeling about this, it was well founded, and I
promise that when Vance complains about the hostility of the lute world next
year at this time, I'll let it pass.
Howard, I second that emotion, it seems that well after the flame wars
have died down, Vance and a few others are trying to blow on the embers to
keep it going.
Vance, I've noticed you seem to throw out some contiversial topic to the
list, then sit back and criticize everyone's response, like playing devils
advocate.
Personally, I don't mind hearing someone's passionate view on anything,
I quite enjoy it, to me that's the spice of life. I said it once, and I'll
say it again, nothing is worst than being a M-----Y that hears, see's, and
speaks no evil.
One more thing, If Roman Trovosky was not on this list to entertain us,
with his wit, and knowledge, I would be another one of those precious few
that Vance is so terrified of loosing, disappearing forever into that
horrible abyss, were nothing controversial, offensive, is ever heard, nor
spoken, the land of the politically correct. Now that would be a crime.
Michael Thames
Luthier
www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
Site design by Natalina Calia-Thames
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Posner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 1:40 PM
Subject: Size of the lute world, deja vu all over again
> After posting my response last night to Vance Wood's "junk yard dogs/band
of
> brigands" message, I checked the archive this morning and realized that he
> and I had pretty much the same exchange exactly one year ago (does
something
> about Pearl Harbor Day trigger it, I wonder?) He told me then that my
> disagreeing with him proved his point (a useful rhetorical device which
> allows the user to declare victory in any situation), and I'll note the
same
> response now and save him the trouble.
>
> Anyway, if you had a deja vu feeling about this, it was well founded, and
I
> promise that when Vance complains about the hostility of the lute world
next
> year at this time, I'll let it pass.
>
> Howard
>
>
>
