So, Roger, I don't really get to post shit to the list because I'm a list
manager? (I prefer the term "manager" to "moderator," which I have never
used. The first time we went through this, soon after I ascended to the
throne along with Queen Anny, I suggested that if I had something to say as
list manager, I would indicate that, but otherwise I could just post shit
like everybody else. If I just get to be a drudge who sweeps up after
everybody else, I really don't think I want the job. (And no, that is not a
threat to resign.)
Joe
On 4/2/07, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> You can post what you like if you're a private individual; if you post
> representing an organisation, well, yes, from the organisation's POV,
> yes, it does matter. For a start, you wouldn't get snarky threads like
> this happening. If the Editor of the Guardian writes to me, then I
> expect his missives to be perfect and in good order, if the missive is
> full of spelling mistakes then well ... OTOH, if Alan Rusbridger
> writes to me as one individual to another, even on an open forum, then
> wottehell. I don't care. He can even say shit or fuck if he wants. So
> I guess the answer to your question is contextual. If you email the
> forum with news of an event/organisation, then, unless the email
> states otherwise, I will assume that there is connection between you
> and that event/organisation.
>
> Is there a point in being anal? I guess, unfortunately, that's my job;
> that's what computer scientists and engineers do best. They dance on
> pin-heads for a living, arguing about the validity or watchemacallit
> of symbols, signs and semantics. It's the comic-book guy from the
> Simpsons, but worse. However, as text-smiths, if we aren't anal about
> words, and you take analness to be some sort of measure of care,
> absorption etc, what do we care about?
>
> As for the usage of the word "shit", it's not the word that's the
> issue, it's who it was said by (forum moderator) is a slight issue.
> Speaking as an ordinary list-member, I don't mind if list-members use
> the words shit and fuck in any and every email, but, like it or not,
> once you're the forum moderator, added-value get's attached to any
> email you send, whatever the context.
>
> Roger
>
> On 4/2/07, Joseph Duemer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > So if I post that the Wallace Stevens Journal, for which I am an editor,
> is
> > interested in poems dealing with Stevens' life & themes, it's not really
> me
> > posting? How does that transformation occur? And is the entity that
> posts in
> > my place to be held to more exacting editorial standards than me, when I
> > post as myself?
> >
> > jd
> >
> > On 4/2/07, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > He's posting for ICORN, not as an individual. ICORN, whose aims I
> > > sympathise with, is supposed to be a "literary" quarterly involved in
> > > the translation of poetry, has been advertised by an email which
> > > contains at least two major spelling mistakes concerning a poet's name
> > > and one of his better poems; I notice the rest of the email was
> > > immaculate. Maybe I expect too much; but you expect no one to comment?
> > > This list is full of smart-arses, that's one of it's speicial
> > > qualities. I remember someone calling it the awkward squad.
> > >
> > > Roger
> > >
> > > On 4/2/07, Joseph Duemer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > Ren Powell is a member of this, uh, community. Posts to the list
> from
> > > > members are not, by definition, "spam." In fact, it is quite common
> for
> > > > members to post announcements to the list about various journals,
> > > readings,
> > > > etc. And if we all posted corrections to each others typos &
> > > misspellings we
> > > > would crash the server.
> > > >
> > > > jd
> > > >
> > > > On 4/2/07, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Greetings BenjiMouse. Just in time to witness the, uh, shit
> hitting
> > > the
> > > > > fan.
> > > > >
> > > > > re: Wellfed Owens: fine by me if Poetry orgs wish to spam this
> list,
> > > > > at least they should get the poetry bits correctly spelled etc
> o'wise
> > > > > it dents their credibility, no?
> > > > >
> > > > > Roger
> > > > >
> > > > > On 4/2/07, Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > > > From: "MJ Walker" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > There is a life elsewhere.
> > > > > > > mj
> > > > > >
> > > > > > No there isn't -- ask Coriolanus. Or Cavafy, in "The City".
> > > > > >
> > > > > > PedantMouse
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
> > > > > "Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious." Oscar Wilde
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Joseph Duemer
> > > > Professor of Humanities
> > > > Clarkson University
> > > > [sharpsand.net]
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
> > > "Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious." Oscar Wilde
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Joseph Duemer
> > Professor of Humanities
> > Clarkson University
> > [sharpsand.net]
> >
>
>
> --
> My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
> "Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious." Oscar Wilde
>
--
Joseph Duemer
Professor of Humanities
Clarkson University
[sharpsand.net]
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