>At 2:55 PM +0100 4/11/03, Roddy Lumsden wrote:
>>Is it really true of
>>these discussion lists that though anything scurrilous is stamped upon,
>>it's open season on rubbishing and cat-calling poets (witness the
>>astonishing recent bitching about Ruth Padel's 'simpering' sexuality etc)
>>as long as they are a) successful and b) not around to hear the muttering.
>No Roddy, it's not true of this list. If you had been around longer
>you would understand that such gossip is not tolerated.
I've been a member or observer of this list since 1999.
>As for Ruth Padel, that was on another list, and was another question.
...which doesn't excuse the disgraceful, posturing comments made there by
yourself and others.
Roddy
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