Hi Alison and Fred,
I just checked the archives and found that "towers of evil" was used in a
post a couple of days ago on the "Re: Is this real . . . " thread and in
response to a prior post. I remember seeing the post, but finding it hard to
parse, although the poster's point in reference to "towers of evil" seemed
clear enough ("it is taboo to express jubilation over the fall of the towers
of evil"). True enough in terms of what's regarded as "taboo" in many
American social circles these days--but not here on Poetryetc, which is an
_unmoderated_ discussion list. I understand and share your offended
response, Fred, but I don't believe censure is warranted. I'm only one of
three listowners here, though, and I don't speak for Alison or Randolph, so,
having registered my own opinion--and my sympathy with Fred's sense of
outrage--I'll leave it at that.
Candice
on 12/17/01 10:18 PM, Alison Croggon at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> I missed the "towers of evil", but I would be interested to know the
> context: a concept which seems not to interest you, perhaps because
> it might involve subtlety, ambiguity or thoughtfulness. The
> "sentimental leftist America-bashing" is your appellation, and seems
> hardly a fair description of much of the discussion on this list. I
> am quite serious: why are you here, since you find the whole milieu
> so disgusting that you feel it necessary to "pay (us) back"?
>
> A
>
>
>> Alison Croggon wrote:
>>>
>>> Frederick, I don't know why you're part of this list, since
>>> discussion seems the least of your interests.
>>>
>>> A
>>>
>> My comments have been at about the same level as others on the list;
>> they simply don't share the same sentimental-leftist America-bashing
>> assumptions. "Towers of evil" - which did appear some emails back -
>> certainly deserved censure, but probably seemed, in the prevailing point
>> of view, an acceptable truism. I pay back in the same coin others
>> use.
>
> --
>
>
> Alison Croggon
>
> Home page
> http://www.users.bigpond.com/acroggon/
> Masthead
> http://au.geocities.com/masthead_2/
|