medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
What ist "geschmacklos" - tasteless ?
and "humorlos" - without sense of humour ?
in any case: unnecessary
very sorry Mr. Carson
Sie haben sich daneben benommen.
b.k.
Am 17. Feb.2007 um 21:04 Uhr schrieb Scott Carson:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> On 17 Feb 2007, at 12:55, John Briggs wrote:
>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>> culture
>>
>> Marjorie Greene wrote:
>>>
>>> I think I should win some sort of prize or title , say, "Mistress of
>>> Fomenting Casuistry and Discord." Any and all suggestions as to the
>>> form or shape of my trophy welcome. If any are obscene, kindly post
>>> to me directly and keep off list.
>>
>> I think you are just the pretext. There must be History between
>> Scott Carson and myself. I can't for the life of me remember what
>> it was all about, but he probably thinks I cast aspersions on his
>> intelligence. I didn't - but reserve the right to do so in
>> future :-)
>
> Why my dear Mr. Briggs, I am not aware of any such "History"
> between us, and I am quite happy to admit that I don't know what
> the hell you are talking about when you speculate about my possible
> motivations, but I presume that we are all perfectly happy to abide
> by principles of discourse that apply to all scholars: when an
> egregious error in method is made, someone may point it out, since
> it prevents similar errors being made in the future. How could this
> process possibly be interpreted as some kind of vendetta? The
> gentleman doth protest too much, methinks.
>
> Anyway, as they say in The Godfather: it's nothing personal, it's
> just business.
>
> As for Ms. Greene's trophy: I suggest a life-size Priapus.
>
> kind regards,
> Scott Carson
>
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