Klarinet Archive - Posting 000139.txt from 2000/08

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Stoker`s Unfortunates
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 08:35:36 -0400

> I`m sorry, I don`t see any laughter or humour in Keith Deutsch`s letter to
> Noel Stoker. So why indeed should anyone else be able to see humour, albeit
> that that person is a copyright authority. Am I missing another angle to
> this debate?

Personally, yes I think you are, and I mean this with complete respect
and no derision of any kind. Sometimes, the sincerest form of sympathy
and support comes from making a lighthearted quip about something that
is deserving of all the seriousness that it receives. Finding a little
humor in a serious subject allows the participants in the exchange to re-
lease angst-ridden energy, without in any way diminishing the gravity of
the issue. On the contrary: being able to joke about it brings the pos-
sibility of greater openness and communication about an otherwise prickly
and inflammatory issue among those who are involved in the debate. No
disrespect is inferred from a pun if everybody is on the same page. It's
hard to make that assumption, understandably, on a public email list.

Neil

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