Richard Oliver Snelsons Unhappiness

[gordon stelter]

Dearest List,
     Kindly allow me to remind us, once again, that an
apostrophe is used for the posessive, not the plural
form of a noun. Sooooooooooooooooooo, it should be
"Richard Oliver Snelson's " unhappiness, ( about OT
stuff ) not " Richard Oliver Snelsons............. ".
     And, though I truly liked the recent essay, it
should be "Moms and dads", not "Mom's and Dad's".
     A recent government study showed that people who
use apostrophes correctly command far higher salaries,
and have nicer handkerchiefs than those who don't.

     With Love
     Respectfully
     Professor Euphonious Celestial Thump
     ( There! My full name!!!  NOW are you satisfied
?!?!?! )

  
--- Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
wrote:
> Farrell wrote:
> 
> > Here is where I gotta depart from ya. Yes, at
> conventions
> > "We go in and out of pure piano technical talk all
> the
> > time...", but the difference is that stuff we go
> public
> > with is humorous or curious. It is not political
> or
> > religious. Go to a Roger Jolly class. Humor
> abounds. Its
> > great. What Richard Snelson was focusing on is the
> > political and religious stuff that gets posted on
> the
> > list. How he comes across a post that is either
> > inflammatory to the right or left and gets his day
> off on
> > the wrong foot. I could not agree more. And yes,
> we will
> > talk political at the conventions. But not often.
> And only
> > one-on-one, or at most in a very small group.
> 
> I dont know how many Nationals you'be been too
> Terry, but
> the two I attended these past three years, there was
> plenty
> of both politics and religion around. In the
> hallways, and
> corridors, at the receptions and other functions.
> There was
> even a prayer breakfast or something of the sort in
> Reno.
> The real difference was that the conterpart of our
> cyber -
> delete button works pretty well...in those real life
> situations. Those who dont want to participate,
> simply
> turned to something else.
> 
> And to set the record very straight Terry, Richard
> Snelson
> is on record on several occasions for quite a bit
> more then
> "focusing on is the political and religious stuff"
> He has
> criticised several humourous contributions and he
> has voiced
> his dismay at having to hear about peoples
> experiences such
> as what high school they went too, or what football
> team
> they hail for.
> 
> And that is the crux of the whole matter.... where
> does the
> border go... and who's going to set it and what
> makes anyone
> think it will be set fairly..
> 
> Sorry I dont buy any of this. The list has
> demonstrated time
> and time again its outstanding character and
> abilities in
> regulating itself in this and other such matters. We
> need no
> formalized rules, nor does it serve any purpose to
> simply
> accuse the list as being garbaged lonely hearters
> and throw
> us the proverbial finger on the way out. As Dale so
> well put
> it, there is a positive approach that is much more
> conducive
> to the problem.
> 
> 
> >  But cheap spinet bashing is not taboo. That's OK.
> Even
> > Steinway bashing is fair game (not that I would
> ever do
> > that though)! This list is such a good thing.
> Political
> > and religious posts turn many, if not most, of us
> off. I
> > suppose a few enjoy the exchange. I suspect not
> many. I
> > don't. Save it for the convention hallway. I hate
> to see
> > valuable contributors to this list get discouraged
> and
> > unsubscribe. It is simply everyone's loss.
> Especially
> > newishbies like me!   :-) Terry Farrell
> 
> These last two paragraphs are actually quite
> interesting. I
> have seen at least three folks come and go exactly
> because
> of the Steinway bashing. I have even heard it said
> scornfully by a number of folks at the conventions
> that the
> list is not much more then a forum for Steinway
> bashing. And
> of course I have heard comments about sex jokes, ...
> got a
> nasty one myself in private mail not so long ago ...
> so yes
> sex is also tossed around from time to time.
> 
> My point is twofold. The list stays mostly piano
> topical
> very well on its own. And the assumption that one or
> another
> type of off topic . material is somehow more (or
> less)
> appropriate is not one I can see makes any sense.
> This
> second inherently involves value judgements that are
> dangerous at best to make. Especially when its
> simply
> unnecessary to make them in the first place. My
> view, and I
> stand by it.
> 
> 
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> UiB, Bergen, Norway
> mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
> http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
> 
> 


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