Subject: Re: Just an item of interest
From: Chris Kubica (chriskubica@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jun 26 2002 - 16:26:54 EDT
Jim,
I am trying to suggest that we collectively decide to
curb the behavior, yes. I never said "STOP!" or
anything rude like that, though. I said "let's be
careful". What's wrong with expecting that the topic
here stay on things literary? It seems elementary. If
you subscribed to a "Keats poem of the week" e-mail
club, would you mind if they started sending you
pornographic material, too, and said "unsubscribe if
you don't like it" when you complained? That'd be
pretty cold, wouldn't it?
Honestly, I don't understand the "don't tell me what
to say, I'll say whatever the heck I want" line. It's
just gonna make people unsubscribe because they'll
lose interest in the soap-boxing, even if it goes on
for less than a day. Why would you want that? (And why
is it that I only experience this when dealing with my
fellow Americans I wonder)?
Chris K
--- Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> wrote:
> Right, Chris, it's just your subjective
> opinion...and you're trying to
> enforce it on the list. The political discussions
> haven't been going on
> for even one day and you're trying to shut them
> down?
>
> Or even acting like you have the right?
>
> Jim
>
> Chris Kubica wrote:
>
> > Jim,
> >
> > I know this is my subjective opinion, but I'm OK
> with
> > discussions of literature-related stuff on here
> > (Beats, Joyce, etc.). But pure political
> discussions
> > about Bush or the FBI or Ashcroft or whatever are
> just
> > annoying. If your inbox starting filling with
> > discussions of Indonesian parliamentary elections,
> > you'd get pretty annoyed eventually, prolly. I do
> note
> > that we're not at the "filled up inbox" stage yet,
> but
> > we still should be careful. I don't see how saying
> > "let's be careful" is less appropriate than your
> more
> > "anything goes" or "if you can't take the heat"
> idea.
> >
> > Anyway, if you want to be able to chat about
> > "whatever" with list members, why not set up a
> chat
> > room, invite bananafishers, and meet there once a
> > week/month?
> >
> > Also, I don't buy the "just delete it" defense.
> What
> > if the e-mail header is already offensive to
> someone
> > (not that any of the recent ones have been), for
> > example?
> >
> > Also note that I'm not at all angry or
> snippy-feeling.
> > Just curious about the above issues. ;)
> >
> > In my defense, note that in almost every one of my
> > messages lately, even about E.H., I try to tie it
> into
> > JDS somehow...
> >
> > Chris K
> >
> > --- Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> wrote:
> > > Chris, I'm sorry, but Hemingway is off topic,
> Joyce
> > > is off topic, the Beat
> > > Poets are off topic, and this thread is clearly
> > > identified. If you don't
> > > want to read these messages, delete the messages
> > > unread.
> > >
> > > Seems like we've been through this before :).
> > > Salinger is usually NOT the
> > > topic of discussion here, and the
> Salinger/Hemingway
> > > discussion we once had
> > > quickly turned into a Hemingway discussion...
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
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