Donal Thanks for clearing that up. Now that I see your example I recall some others like that but I didn’t pay much attention to them – people just don’t pay enough attention, do they. But if a bunch of such things have occurred all at once, I can see how a person more attentive than I am might begin to wonder about conspiracies and strange coincidences. Why, now that I think about it, this very day in 2006 six men stage Britain’s biggest robbery, 53 million pounds, and think of all the trouble that caused. And just last year, on February 22nd, 185 people were killed in a 6.3 magnitude earthquake at Christchurch. And again, on this very same day in Roslin Scotland in 1997 a sheep named Dolly was cloned. Granted, some people won’t see the connection, but then they never do, do they? Lawrence, Having already read Fodor From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Donal McEvoy Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 6:56 AM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: meta-passing by? My previous post was an example of the posting I was querying, which simply reposts someone else's post without adding anything further. Obviously I was posting like this to give an example of this, but what are other people doing when they post like this (a v recent one was Mike's)? [Endorsement? Mistake?] Donal Who wouldn't let it lie And is trying to avoid reading Fodor Ldn _____ From: "cblists@xxxxxxxx" <cblists@xxxxxxxx> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 20:04 Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: passing by? On 21-Feb-12, Lawrence Helm wrote: > ... I've been trying to catch up and figure out who these ghost-posters are. > ... I have mellowed and haven't started a political argument in ages. > Therefore, Lit-Ideas may be completely safe ... I can't help but observe that this was posted on the anniversary of the first publication of what is certainly one of the most argumentative of political documents (Feb. 21st, 1848). Ghost posters? Could the spectre of political argument still be haunting Lit-Ideas? ;-) Chris Bruce, mellowing along with his former sparring partners (to whom he raises a cordial glass of cheer), in Kiel, Germany -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2113/4823 - Release Date: 02/21/12