If you really think the fascist US Junta is just a subject among others = like ball games etc. it proves that Arto is right and something terrible = happens to all of us. The repeated, almost hysterical pledge/command by = various members of the list to muffle one's outrage and rather talk = about nylgut is rather suspicious, I must say. With my mouth open, danyel ----- Original Message -----=20 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 5:18 PM Subject: Off topic
Dear all, The point at issue is quite simple. We all of us have our opinions = upon a=20 whole range of topics, will Liverpool Football club ever be any good = again, why=20 did Arsenal once more not win the Champions' League, and other matters = of=20 equally great importance. I could fill this list with my opinions on = these burning=20 questions, as could our American friends on baseball and our Finnish = friends=20 on javelin throwing and long distance running. =20 But this is a lute list. No one, I imagine, wants to hear my = meditations on=20 football, nor do I and the rest of us want to hear other people's = ideas on=20 politics. We none of are fools, but are here to talk of lutes and = music. For those=20 who feel the need to talk politics, there are countless boards where = they can=20 do this. Why we should be subjected to someone else's thoughts on what = is=20 going on in this or that part of the world is, frankly, beyond me. I = don't need=20 someone in Finland nor from anywhere else to tell me what to think, I = can make=20 up my own mind.=20 And finally, it is impolite in the extreme to bother American and = British=20 participants (If I've left anyone out, sorry) with political and = moralising=20 judgements based on assumption of which the writer can have no the = slightest idea.=20 Just leave it alone, we're not here for that. And to misuse this list = for such=20 a purpose is tantamount to entering someone's house and being sick on = the=20 floor in order to protest at some government's policies. It just ain't = on, it's=20 insulting, patronising and totally unnecessary. Cheers Tom =20 -- --
