Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-12 Thread arielabramovich
Vance said: I never said Judaism was a race, you had better read the string again, Judaism is the religion practiced by the Jewish people in general and various others that choose to accept it. This is not what you've said, but doesn't matter. I was a fool by getting into this particular thing a

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-12 Thread Vance Wood
to wish to convey. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "arielabramovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 1:22 AM Subject: Re: State of Lut

RE: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-12 Thread LeBlanc, Stuart
rofl -Original Message- From: Roman Turovsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 8:11 PM To: Vance Wood; lute list Subject: Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world) > Sorry Roman again you are wrong, Bonsai is not an ethnic group within a > gr

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-12 Thread arielabramovich
Dear Vance, you have the official and easiest explanation for the holocaust (you're missing a few important elements, I would recommend you some serious historians rather than Hollywood movies), and I insist: according to serious researchers, Judaism is not a race. But do not worry,

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-11 Thread Michael Thames
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 4:01 PM Subject: Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world) > No, he tossed it out openly, if it is true why should he be ashamed of the > circumstances. > > Vance Wood. &g

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-11 Thread Matanya Ophee
At 07:06 PM 12/11/2003 -0800, Vance Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >JEWISH IS A RACE, Judaism is a religion. By definition yes. Practically, it's a difficult case to make. There is no direct racial affinity between a Yemenite or a Falasha (Ethiopian), and Moishe Rabinovich from Brooklyn, or Ig

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-11 Thread Roman Turovsky
> As far as the Third Riche was > concerned religion or philosophy had nothing to do with how "The Jews" were > dealt with. So Nouveau Riche must be the Forth Reich... RT __ Roman M. Turovsky http://turovsky.org http://polyhymnion.org

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-11 Thread Roman Turovsky
> Sorry Roman again you are wrong, Bonsai is not an ethnic group within a > group of trees, Bonsai is a method where by any tree from any back ground > can be grown as a bonsai. Bonsai means tree in a pot, loosely translated. > I have been growing bonsai for nearly fifty years and some of that as

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-11 Thread Vance Wood
quot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 5:29 PM Subject: Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world) > Vance Wood at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > JEWISH IS A RACE, Judaism is a religion. I am dumb struck that you do not > > understand that. >

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-11 Thread Vance Wood
PROTECTED]>; "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 4:46 PM Subject: Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world) > > I AM NOT THE ONE WHO KEEPS ASKING ME THE QUESTIONS. I don't care if MT is a > > Druid. However he used the

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-11 Thread Howard Posner
Vance Wood at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > JEWISH IS A RACE, Judaism is a religion. I am dumb struck that you do not > understand that. > During the Holocaust The Jews were persecuted because of their race not > their religion. That's pretty much how Goebbels put it. More objective observers attr

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-11 Thread Roman Turovsky
> I AM NOT THE ONE WHO KEEPS ASKING ME THE QUESTIONS. I don't care if MT is a > Druid. However he used the term Jewish after the discussion where he used > the term Nazi. He tossed out the Jewish family ties as a defense to his > calling MO a Nazi, in much the same way a racist, in defense of hi

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-11 Thread Vance Wood
TECTED]> To: "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 12:31 PM Subject: Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world) > Vance, > if you know very well that doesn't really matter what's the

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-11 Thread Herbert Ward
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, arielabramovich wrote: > ... but I don't think that's something interesting to talk about it > here. I think off-topic discussions should be allowed sometimes. For example, suppose 99.9% of lutenists had heard a ghost. This would be interesting, but one could never discover

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-11 Thread arielabramovich
Vance, if you know very well that doesn't really matter what's the religion, race or political filiation of the family of Mr Thames (or any other member), why do you carry on with this? Didn't you want this thing to stop? Weren't you the one who recommended not to express ideas that doesn't have to

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-11 Thread Vance Wood
]> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 3:54 PM Subject: Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world) > > > Christian is not a race or family of people, Jewish is, though it is > > possible to convert to Judaism doing so does not make you genetically a > > person of Jewish back

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-10 Thread Roman Turovsky
> 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,

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-10 Thread Roman Turovsky
They have to listen to this neo nazi bastard all the time, > >>> >>> You are going much too far. >>> I admire Mr. Ophee for his patience. > >> Bernd, take it from an " MO expert", what he has is not patience. He >> actually seems to derive pleasure from ill-will he causes. > > Quite o

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-10 Thread Roman Turovsky
> Christian is not a race or family of people, Jewish is, though it is > possible to convert to Judaism doing so does not make you genetically a > person of Jewish back ground, that is what the holocaust was all about if > you forget your history. MT made the statement, and tossed it out on t

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-10 Thread Vance Wood
AIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 7:47 PM Subject: Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world) > My brother is Christian, but I'm not... what's so strange about that? :) > > Vance Wood wrote: > > How can your sister be Jewish and you are not? Or are you

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-10 Thread arielabramovich
It doesn't make any difference, I wouldn't worry about that. How can your sister be Jewish and you are not? Or are you referring to > choosing the Jewish faith of her husband?

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-09 Thread Michael Thames
ginal Message - From: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Michael Thames" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 9:55 PM Subject: Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world) > How can your

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-09 Thread Michael Thames
chael 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 9:41 PM Subject: Re: State of Lutenet (wa

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-09 Thread Vance Wood
;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

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-09 Thread Vance Wood
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "arielabramovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 2:27 PM Subject: Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world) > My sister and brother in law are both Jewish. My remark was not directed > towards any specific race, and I think

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-09 Thread Michael Thames
icalGuitars.com Site design by Natalina Calia-Thames - Original Message - From: "arielabramovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 4:20 PM Subje

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-09 Thread arielabramovich
Dear Vance, regardless of whether I find the whole thing (argument) to be fine or not, I'd love to mention that part of my family was also exterminated by the Nazis in the WWII, and I clearly see that in the context the word (nazi) had little to do with it's original meaning. I

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-09 Thread arielabramovich
Dear Vance, regardless of whether I find the whole thing (argument) to be fine or not, I'd love to mention that part of my family was also exterminated by the Nazis in the WWII, and I clearly see that in the context the word (nazi) had little to do with it's original meaning. I

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-09 Thread Bernd Haegemann
Dear Roman, hello all, >>> They have to listen to this neo >>> nazi bastard all the time, >> >> You are going much too far. >> I admire Mr. Ophee for his patience. > Bernd, take it from an " MO expert", what he has is not patience. He > actually seems to derive pleasure from ill-will he causes.

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-09 Thread Howard Posner
"Nazi" should be reserved for someone wearing a swastika. This has actually come up before on this list, when someone (probably me) took exception to the use of "early music nazis" Vance Wood at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It seems to me that those who come from a > Liberal/Socialist point of vie

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-09 Thread Michael Thames
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: &g

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-09 Thread Vance Wood
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

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-09 Thread Stewart McCoy
Thanks, Howard. That's really quite funny. Stewart McCoy. - Original Message - From: "Howard Posner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 9:03 PM Subject: Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute w

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-09 Thread Jon Murphy
Howard, * BTW, what is a "roach assumption"? Is this a characterization of methodology, or of substances that affected your sobriety in making it? Or some rule of thumb about the visibility of actual visible cockroaches to hidden ones? * Roman gives, in another message, an estimate of 4 to 1 for

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-08 Thread Roman Turovsky
> Music is music, and that is our topic. Some of the finest music written has > been for one god or another, the particular choice doesn't change the music. > I could write a piece honoring the seventh avenue subway, and if it were a > good piece with lasting musical value it might last an eternity

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-08 Thread Roman Turovsky
> I am going to take a risk. There have been comments among us about specific > religious associatians. And specifically a comment that M.O. insulted > Sephardim. Well then, is M.O. an Ashkenazi conducting an internal > confrontation? He says he has Sephardic family, but who knows what that is. > B

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-08 Thread Roman Turovsky
>> 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 me

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-08 Thread Roman Turovsky
>> 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. Bernd, take it from an " MO expert", what he has is not patience. He actually

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-08 Thread Roman Turovsky
>> The funny thing is that old postings in those flame wars are nowhere as >> interesting as they seemed at the time.. > I'm afraid they weren't as interesting as all that at the time, Roman. > What's interesting (or, for that matter, persuasive) to the writer in the > heat of combat is a f

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-08 Thread Howard Posner
Roman Turovsky at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The funny thing is that old postings in those flame wars are nowhere as > interesting as they seemed at the time.. I'm afraid they weren't as interesting as all that at the time, Roman. What's interesting (or, for that matter, persuasive) to th

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-08 Thread Bernd Haegemann
Michael Thames wrote: > 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.

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-08 Thread Jon Murphy
Matanya, You are quite right that the issues of publishers, socialists and rip offs are public matters. But one does have to define the nature of a public forum. A list server (listserv in old computer speak) is a community of people with a common interest, and when particular interests within tha

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-08 Thread Jon Murphy
hee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 5:28 PM Subject: Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world) > Matanya, > > Please address this issue privately with RT. > > Thanks > > > On Sunday, December 7, 2003,

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-08 Thread Stephan Olbertz
Am 7 Dec 2003 um 20:05 hat Michael Thames geschrieben: >By the way, you think we have it bad on the lute list. We should >be > thankful were not guitarists. They have to listen to this neo nazi > bastard all the time, as many of them tell me he completely dominates > their list, with no

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-07 Thread Michael Thames
Thames Luthier www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com Site design by Natalina Calia-Thames - Original Message - From: "Matanya Ophee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 6:19 PM Subject: Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-07 Thread Matanya Ophee
At 05:28 PM 12/7/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Matanya, > >Please address this issue privately with RT. I am sorry, but the issue of publishers being ripped off by socialist do gooders is not a personal matter. It is a public issue, and as a publisher yourself it should concern you too. If you do not

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-07 Thread Miles Dempster
Matanya, Please address this issue privately with RT. Thanks On Sunday, December 7, 2003, at 03:57 PM, Matanya Ophee wrote: > At 03:33 PM 12/7/2003 -0500, Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Then MO proceeded to insult Sephardim, and I took an exception to that > > > Interesting

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-07 Thread Matanya Ophee
At 03:33 PM 12/7/2003 -0500, Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Then MO proceeded to insult Sephardim, and I took an exception to that Interesting perception. Me insulting Sephardim. My brother in law is a Sephardi, my son in law is a Sephardi and my four grand children are Sephardi. S

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-07 Thread Matanya Ophee
At 03:33 PM 12/7/2003 -0500, Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The "truce" more or less lasted until Doug Smith's "campaign" against >Sautscheck. Thank you for confirming the reason and the rationale for your anti-MO abusive demagoguery. Matanya Ophee Editions Orphe'e, Inc., 1240 Club

Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world)

2003-12-07 Thread Roman Turovsky
> 3) Even within the recent flames, there seems to be a historical subtext that > is keeping them fanned. > The latest really seemed to start innocently enough with a reasonable question > about the legality of > posting scans of a manuscript you buy and a non-inflammatory answer from the > publish