[lit-ideas] Re: Greek To Me (Cosmopolitan to all)
- From: "Walter C. Okshevsky" <wokshevs@xxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Simon Ward <sedward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:05:49 -0230
Erogenous assumptions may be false and dat is but an epistemic issue. Sum
assumpshions, hopvewer, riflekt badly on the karakter of the perzon. I wants to
make it perfektly clear, dat dare is no kjorletaion between my postings and
moments of inebriashion. Hair Doktor Profesor Ward ohs me a publik apologee. If
I does not attain satisfaction, dis maedder will be pursued by the Anerican
Association of Yooniverisyt Professors, should ther be won.
Charles Taylor, one of our own Canuck philosophers, writes that people often
accept the labels and characterizations others foist upon them. So one of the
reasons for not being a racist is that people of the race you disrespect may
actually come to believe that your claims about them are true. Go figure.
Walter O
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Quoting Simon Ward <sedward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Walter, I'd assumed, clearly in error, that your post was written during a
> time of inebriation due to excessive whisky consumption. I dribble sometimes
> too. No offence was intended - you'd certainly know if that was the case -
> but if the characterisation was received as a slur then I apologise and will
> go back to sleep for a few weeks.
>
> Simon
> Snoring loudly on the edge of Dartmoor
>
> PS. (waking up suddenly) Please address your lit-ideas messages to
> lit-ideas, you don't need to add the e-mail address of the person you're
> replying to.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Walter C. Okshevsky" <wokshevs@xxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Simon Ward" <sedward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:43 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Greek To Me
>
>
> >
> >
> > Quoting Simon Ward <sedward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> >> Walter dribbled:
> >
> > I'm not clear on the grounds of this characterization of my text. Perhaps
> > SW
> > wishes to clarify his meaning here.
> >
> > Not having played basketball for a number of decades now,
> >
> > Walter O.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "On a tangential note (ouch), I am intrigued by the
> >> question of how Oregonians go about "preparing" for the Tasting. Does it
> >> involve particular techniques and exercises preparing the tongue, nose
> >> and
> >> palate for maximal identification of whiskey qualia? Deep breathing
> >> exercises?"
> >>
> >> Whiskey drinkers I've known - including myself - would tell you that
> >> 'tasting' lasts for just half an hour at most. Preparations for the time
> >> after that include waterproof trousers, a pub close enough to crawl back
> >> from and a very good excuse.
> >>
> >> Sssssimon
> >>
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