Michael: Your ability to see only what you want to see, and understand what you want to understand is a true source of amazement.
Vance Wood. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Thames" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 12:02 PM Subject: Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world) > Vance wrote, > conservative as a Nazi. Personally I am conservative and I consider the tag > Nazi as an insult. If you wish I could return the favor but I choose not to > stoop to that level > > MT wrote, > Vance your hypocrisy knows no bounds! > Michael Thames > Luthier > www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com > Site design by Natalina Calia-Thames > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 5:17 PM > Subject: Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world) > > > > Dear Roman: > > > > I disagree, and,---- I agree. In some circles this term has come to mean > as > > you have described, in other circles, especially where there is a Jewish > > back ground haunted by memories of the holocaust, you and Michael are > > totally off base. I can think of no four letter word, invective or insult > > that would prick the heart of an individual whose family was decimated by > > the horrors of WWII and the holocaust than to be referred to as a Nazi. > > > > To prove a point go out into the street and use the work Nigger to a black > > man and see what happens. Words do mean something and this event has > > crossed the line. It seems to me that those who come from a > > Liberal/Socialist point of view seem to think of every body who is > > conservative as a Nazi. Personally I am conservative and I consider the > tag > > Nazi as an insult. If you wish I could return the favor but I choose not > to > > stoop to that level. > > > > Vance Wood. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Bernd Haegemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: "LUTE-LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 7:37 PM > > Subject: Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world) > > > > > > > >> They have to listen to this neo > > > >> nazi bastard all the time, > > > > > > > > You are going much too far. > > > > > > > > Please read your statements carefully before you send > > > > them to the world. > > > > I admire Mr. Ophee for his patience. > > > > B.H. > > > Also: > > > Bernd, > > > In the States word "nazi" is now divorced from its original meaning and > is > > > used rather indiscriminately. > > > In NYC there is a soup restaurant, whose owner likes to decide which > soup > > > each particular customer has to have, and if you don't like that then > you > > > may eat elsewhere. He is known as the "soup nazi". > > > RT > > > ______________ > > > Roman M. Turovsky > > > http://turovsky.org > > > http://polyhymnion.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >