> (and lutists can not be > politically neutral, just because they are musicians);
Of course not, but how about keeping our political beliefs, religious beliefs, preference in computer operating system (often more strongly held than the first two) OFF THIS LIST??!! We all have a life separate from the lute. Arto feels compelled every couple of months to spew forth his non-musical opinions either because he hasn't figured out how to find political forums for discussion or he is convinced that his non-musical interests must be fascinating to others here. Well, I have some fascinating non-musical opinions. I feel very strongly about prostatitis, and how best to manually drain an infected prostate of fluid, and novel ways to analyze the pus that comes out. It is important to lutenists, because most are male and 10% of males worldwide will suffer from this problem. It's germaine to the middle east: Saddam Hussein suffered from this chronically, as I am sure do many oud players. Appetizing? I didn't think so. Let's keep political and prostatic discussion off the list please. DS To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
