strathspey@strathspey.org:27489

RuddBaron

Re: a Letter

Sept. 24, 2001, 1:42 p.m. (Message 27489, in reply to message 27484)

Miss Fiona et al, (apologies to Miss Fiona if she has a husband, but 
etiquette dictates I not "give her a husband" unless I know for sure she has 
one.)

The description of "irrelevant material" is certainly quite subjective. The 
Strathspey Server has provided a way for people around the world who are 
joined by the common bond of Scottish Country Dancing to stay in touch 
without, for instance, spending a fortune on long distance phone calls. As 
the culture of our ancestral homeland (for many participating in SCD) of 
Scotland is highly relevant to understanding and enjoying this form of dance, 
the cultures of the various countries in which "displaced Scots" have found 
themselves and in which non-Scots have taken up SCD can also be relevant, and 
can yield further understand of the art form. For example, what is it about 
this form of dance that makes it popular in Japan or Germany? What is going 
on there right now that might affect this? Many dances, as you know, are made 
based upon historical events...much like the one going on in the world right 
now. Such events are indeed important to SCD, and no doubt several dances 
will come out of it. As to the war at hand, I can only look to previous wars 
such as WWII to say that the survival of freedom, including the freedom to 
practice Scottish Country Dancing, depends entirely on winning the war. 
Therefore the letter I sent, largely about things individuals can do to 
assist, is highly relevant. But as I just said, relevance is a highly 
subjective qualification.

As for "...[saving] the rest of us from your irrelevant pronouncements" and 
other invectives, I shan't respond in kind. While I'm free, at least in this 
country, to speak, you neither have to listen nor respond. On a list server 
you may start reading, see it isn't something you want, and press the delete 
key; or indeed if you consider anything I write to be "irrelevant 
pronouncements", press the delete key without reading. In any case, if you 
find it irrelevant, then why respond? 

s/RBJ

In a message dated 9/24/01 4:25:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
xxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxx.xx.xx writes:

<< Rudd,
 You have  frequently disregarded the etiquette of the strathspey server, and
 the repeated requests of the webmaster to post only relevant dance related
 comments on this forum. Such cantankerous behaviour is rude and offensive
 and illustrates a selfishness you appear to share with some of the
 extremists you seek to denigrate.
 
 In future please either observe the rules of civility, or unsubscribe and
 save the rest of us from your irrelevant pronouncements.
 
 Fiona. >>


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