[lit-ideas] Re: Purpose of the "Literature and Ideas" List with the Digest and Archive
- From: wokshevs@xxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Frances Kelly <frances.kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:55:31 -0230
I would think that anybody who distinguishes between competence and performance
should be heartily accepted and welcomed to our cafe. And this regardless of
the altitude of the commentary. Welcome Frances. We're really not sure what
we're about, but some people share some affinities and sensibilities with some
other people on the List. Some people share no affinities and sensibilities
with other members of the list. Only one person is Russian. I'll leave you to
deduce further information about the List - including why some people continue
communicative interaction with certain other people - from the traditional
Square of Opposition on your own. Cheers,
Walter C. Okshevsky
Memorial University
P.S. If you're receiving duplicates of this message, I don't believe I'm the
guilty party.
Quoting Frances Kelly <frances.kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Frances to listers...
> Other listers here have kindly stated for me the purpose of the
> Literature and Ideas List with its digest and archive, for which a
> note of thanks is extended.
>
> Stan Spiegel however wrote...
> You're a curious phenomenon coming out of nowhere to evaluate this
> listserv. You don't tell us who you are, where you're coming from, and
> who authorized this review of lit-ideas. You don't provide
> documentation to support your conclusions. You just spout off. You
> speak like an invisible god in the sky, looking down on us from 30,000
> feet up or one who comes from another planet and looks through a
> distorted lens. Are you a member of this listserv? Where do you live
> and work? What kind of work do you do? Give us some perspective on who
> you are. How can you participate more fruitfully than with your
> disparaging remarks?
> Frances to Stan...
> You are overstating my intent and also missing my point, which is
> mainly about the internet use of open websites and free listserves to
> discuss serious topics. In any event, it is the message that is
> important and not the messenger, because stupid persons can make smart
> statements and smart persons can make stupid statements, thereby
> making the statement the proper object of address or attack.
>
> John McCreery then partly wrote in effect...
> I resemble an intelligent literate persons with reasonable literary
> goals. Here's a poem dedicated just to you to prove it: IN PRAISE OF
> THE ARCHIVES dedicated to Francis Kelly.
> Frances to John...
> My female name as previously posted is clearly spelled "Frances" with
> an "e" which is mentioned here publicly in the interests of your
> literate competence and performance.
>
>
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