[lit-ideas] Re: Am I still on Lit-Ideas? A Test
- From: wokshevs@xxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 14:34:05 -0230
Andreas definitely could use some pointers in the fine art of censorship given
the evidence below. If he ever had that motive, of course. And if he didn't,
then he needs no pointers.
Modus tollens forever,
Walter O.
Now holidaying
on a windy beach
on the Atlantic coast
of Newfoundland
Quoting Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Andreas sent me a somewhat ambiguous note that could be read as either 1) he
> was blocking my notes from his personal computer, 2) he was blocking me from
> Lit-Ideas or 3) he was making a joke. In his note to me he said I had "gone
> too far," which was an allegation Ann Coulter said that Conservatives often
> made against her. And he was responding to my Ann Coulter note as though my
> posting of it had gone "too far." I responded to Andreas as though he were
> making a joke, but later when I attempted to respond to John Wager I got the
> following:
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> Mail System Error - Returned Mail
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> This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason:
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> Your message was not delivered because the return address was refused.
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> The return address was "<lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
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> Please reply to Postmaster@<PostmasterDomain> if you feel this message to be
> in error.
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> I had no reason to feel the message to be in error. I assumed that Andreas
> note must mean that I had been booted out of Lit-Ideas for invoking Ann
> Coulter, albeit in a minor way - and primarily because of her collective
> term "Liberal."
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> I therefore said farewell to a few people and shuffled off to Theoria.
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> But, but, but, said Judy, "The thing is, your reply to John Wager reached
> the list -- if this is the one you mean." And then forwarded the very note
> that had been returned to me.
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> Cough, cough, cough. Could that be true? Am I still on Lit-Ideas or not?
> I can't really ask Andreas if he has blocked me from his personal computer;
> so I shall have to put this to the test.
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> Lawrence, only modestly amused by this whole experience
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