Klarinet Archive - Posting 000213.txt from 2001/10

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] This list
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 05:07:41 -0400

Dear Oliver Seely:

Your address to Mark can only be decided by him. He can tell me that what I've
said is, indeed beyond commonly accepted guidelines of acceptable behavior and
language. A Dingo's doing dongy whatever crossed that line a long time ago.

I stand by what I said, and I'll say it again (but more pointedly); Tony Pay's
comments are repugnant, represent great conceit and are deplorable. He is an
obnoxious ass, PERIOD!

When he came back with the fact that this Australian phrase was learned from a
dear friend and it was innocuous, given in innocence, I say Bull Shit as
loudly and with as much resonance as I can muster. This man is a bully. He
takes his great talent and then careens uncontrollably through the cocktail
party totally out of hand.

One can have extraordinary talent and still be unacceptable in his public
conduct.

I'll take my chances with Mark. I trust him and his wisdom. This list has done
very well for a very long time. When he needed funding I helped in a modest
way. I'll do it again if needed because I believe in the overall quality of it
and all Sneezy offers clarinet players

Cheers.

Oliver Seely wrote:

> For many years I've been a member of a list which specializes in
> cross-cultural communication. One of the few things I've learned is that
> one or two people have the power first to drive valued contributors from a
> list and if allowed to exercise without restraint their freedom of speech
> can finally kill a list.
>
> One safeguard we had was a series of guidelines. Guideline #5 read
> "Subscribers who engage in name-calling, racial, ethnic, linguistic,
> religious or other slurs will be asked to sign off the list."
>
> During the time I was listowner, any violator of the guidelines received a
> personal posting of the guidelines from me with the comment that I felt one
> or more of them had been violated and please to abide by them in the
> future. Violations of the guidelines often were off-subject as well.
>
> Richard Bush's posting, namely, "you are totally repugnant, conceited,
> despicable and deplorable. Besides that you are an obnoxious ass" is
> sufficiently off-subject in my opinion to warrant a transmission of the
> guidelines unless it can be made clear that he is talking to his old
> bassoon after a disastrous concert.
>
> Oliver
>
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-- Richard Bush
Bassoon Reed Maker

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