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

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 group of

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

2003-12-12 Thread Vance Wood
Ariel: 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. I had a history minor in University, though I am not a source authority I am not ignorant as you seem

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

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

2003-12-11 Thread Vance Wood
No, he tossed it out openly, if it is true why should he be ashamed of the circumstances. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Vance Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lute list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 3:54 PM Subject: Re: State

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

2003-12-11 Thread Vance Wood
Dear Ariel: 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

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 his

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

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

2003-12-11 Thread Vance Wood
Dear Howard: I've stood in quicksand before when I know I am right. Your analysis does not make sense. However I am not the one that keeps throwing out the misinformation. Why does the word race frighten you? Racism is an ugly word. I have yet to here that kind of thing applied to Ethnicity.

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 a

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 Michael Thames
Vance wrote, No, he tossed it out openly, if it is true why should he be ashamed of the circumstances. Michael wrote, Vance, I have been watching you flop in the sand like a fish caught on the hook, line, and sinker I threw you. Your mind goes straight for the obvious doesn't it? I will

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)

2003-12-10 Thread Vance Wood
To any still interested and Dr.Oakroot: 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

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 the

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 often I have the impression

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)

2003-12-09 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)

2003-12-09 Thread Michael Thames
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

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. Quite often 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 Vance Wood
How can your sister be Jewish and you are not? Or are you referring to choosing the Jewish faith of her husband? Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: Michael Thames [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lute list [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Vance Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED]; arielabramovich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

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

2003-12-09 Thread Vance Wood
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

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

2003-12-09 Thread Michael Thames
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 What is the purpose of continuing this Vance, weren't you the voice of reason we all looked to. Where is Dudly Do right when we need him? Michael

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

2003-12-09 Thread Michael Thames
Vance wrote, How can your sister be Jewish and you are not? Or are you referring to choosing the Jewish faith of her husband? MT wrote, I really think it's none of your business. Michael Thames Luthier www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com Site design by Natalina Calia-Thames - Original

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

2003-12-08 Thread Jon Murphy
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. Bear with

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

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 the

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 far cry

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 seems to

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 meaning and is

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. Bear

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)

2003-12-07 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 Clubview

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. So

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 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 Michael Thames
Matanya wrote, It was started by Michael Thames addressing me as Montana and by Romany Turovsky referring to me as a mixture of yeast and fecal matter. If the flame bothers you so much, please address the initial culprits From MT, It started between Albert and myself , after asking the