A collage of quotations:
quoted 2 lines This list has degraded to a new low.
> This list has degraded to a new low.
> http://www.hyperreal.com/music/lists/idm/idminfo.html
"So as to prevent the list from becoming a hopeless barrage of flame
mail over what is and is not "intelligent", the official stance will
be that all opinions are to be respected - you are welcome to disagree
and post your disagreements, but outright flames and name-calling are
to be avoided. However, if you declare that "Rozalla is intelligent
dance music", you should be willing and able to back it up - not just
"because it obviously is." Just remember that your mail goes into
approximately 750 mail boxes worldwide therefore unrelated or
unneccessary posts should be kept to an absolute minimum."
quoted 4 lines You have a right to say whatever you want. That doesn't stop it from
> You have a right to say whatever you want. That doesn't stop it from
> being a really, really, really moronic thing to say.
>
> Moron.
Could we all grow up a little, please, and maybe play nice? Since when
have a Select Few been the arbiters of Good Taste and musical
classification? I thought this list was about _breaking down_ barriers,
not building them. I'd hate to see this list degenerate into a clique of
narrow-minded, glib elitists...but I can see the first steps being taken
down that path right now. There are no aesthetic absolutes. There should
be no exceptions. I'm disgusted.
"ALL OPINIONS ARE TO BE RESPECTED."
How could this be any less clear?
Warren
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Warren Lapham (ceremony-owner@monkey.org)
laps@umich.edu (laps@monkey.org)