ecas and the purpose of this group

Matt Kozusko (mkozusko@virtual.park.uga.edu)
Fri, 16 Jan 1998 12:05:01 -0500 (EST)

ecas writes

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> you disagree, fine. But please don't respond to this. Can we please just talk
> about JD Salinger and Salingerian topics, please? I get really agitated when I

No.  That's not fair.  You can't begin a dialogue and then insist that
it be over before the speaking is done.

> have to delete half the posts because they are pointless and uninteresting and
> not at all related to what I signed onto this list for. 

Please consider that a Salinger discussion list need not be exculisively
for the explicit discussion of Salinger.  I've made this argument
many times in the past, but it's simple enough to repeat:  this is 
a forum for Salinger fans and readers to discuss Salinger and other
things.  The discussion is usually informed by a Salingerian or
Salinger-related viewpoint.  The tissue of discussion ranges from point to
point, but threads can always be traced back to Salinger.

> I hope no one responds to this, because then I'll have started what I am
> trying to stop.... 

These issues need to be discussed.  Dailectic is good.

clinamen

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