John, in answer to your query - they don't post because unlike me they are not made of Teflon so when they get 'flamed' by someone as I did they don't like it!...
13703
Robert Treharne Jones
rtreharnejones
Sep 14, 2007 1:02 pm
According to the website there are currently 444 members, but it's a fact of life for all groups that lurkers outnumber posters by at least 10:1 (well it is...
13704
fernando soto
ferjsoto42
Sep 14, 2007 2:26 pm
Hi, It seems that so long as the personal attacks are either emerging from established members or a couched in "indirect"; or paradoxical language, all is fine...
13705
Joe Soap
oldjoesoap
Sep 14, 2007 4:30 pm
Dear Fernando, I suspect that the answer to your question is probably 'yes'. If you wish to stimulate intelligent debate about an issue, it is probably unwise...
13706
fernando soto
ferjsoto42
Sep 14, 2007 8:22 pm
Dear Joe, Please take the time to read the messages to see what is going on before posting. I agree with you that "If you wish to stimulate intelligent debate...
13707
Joe Soap
oldjoesoap
Sep 14, 2007 8:49 pm
Dear Fernando, I'm sorry. My posting was ambiguous. When I said "If you wish to......etc", I did not mean "If YOU wish etc.....". I meant "If one wishes to...
13708
fernando soto
ferjsoto42
Sep 14, 2007 9:43 pm
Dear Joe, Yes, with this simple explanation, your message makes perfect sense now. Yes, again I agree, it is enough. All best, Fernando ... === message...
13709
johntufail
Sep 17, 2007 2:03 pm
I apologise to the group for being the unwitting catalyst for a series of mails that I personally have found to have been less than constructive. If the list...
13710
jenny2write
Sep 20, 2007 3:06 pm
Thanks John for putting me on to Grandville. What a stunning illustrator. If he didn't inspire Carroll and Tenniel, then he should have done! Is he the guy who...
13711
Hoyeru Zaharia
hoyeru00
Sep 21, 2007 9:49 am
http://www.mediafire.com/?12fndloxhx1 18 MBs. Enjoy ... Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV....
13712
Jeremy Browning
jremyb
Sep 21, 2007 8:40 pm
Nice site - but why move it from lookinforlewiscarroll? It's mainly the same content. BTW there are quite a few duff links there, mainly where the HTML has a ...
13713
mikeindex2001
Sep 22, 2007 7:45 am
I believe the new server offers a better service - better security, etc. Thanks for pointing out the duff links, I'll pass the word back. Mike ... the same ......
13714
mikeindex2001
Sep 23, 2007 11:09 am
Reply passed on from Webmaster Glen (I may suggest that he joins the list if there are to be many more): Thanks Mike, Whoa - "mainly the same content"? ...
13715
Amirouche Moktefi
moktefi
Sep 24, 2007 4:30 pm
Hi, I am now finishing my dissertation on Lewis Carroll's logic. I was today trying to find an example of a fallacy in which the two premisses are Entities,...
13716
Joe Soap
oldjoesoap
Sep 24, 2007 7:25 pm
Amirouche, I would suggest that, unless you are prepared to risk harsh judgement by Posterity, you should avoid censoring the master. Censure him if you will...
13717
Lyon
billythefilly
Sep 24, 2007 9:03 pm
Hi Jenny, Well I'm glad that someone has got something out of this (other than myself). Although I've seen many of Grandville's illustrations, the one you...
13718
Lyon
billythefilly
Sep 24, 2007 11:10 pm
Hi Amirouche, A couple of points. First. Why did Carroll more or less abandon pure mathematics and geometry in favour of intensive study of logic in the...
13719
bowerbird@...
bbirdiman
Sep 25, 2007 4:22 pm
clearly it would have been much better if carroll had stood in opposition to the racism of his day and age, rather than succumbed to the evil of it... and i...
13720
BlackMonk
electriccomi...
Sep 25, 2007 10:54 pm
... From: <bowerbird@...> To: <lewiscarroll@yahoogroups.com>; <Bowerbird@...> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 12:18 PM Subject: re: [lewiscarroll]...
13721
bowerbird@...
bbirdiman
Sep 26, 2007 12:08 am
throwing rocks at a dead man won't do much good. and that's true regardless of what "groups" one is in. i'd much rather make my own track-record clean, by...
13722
BlackMonk
electriccomi...
Sep 26, 2007 12:53 am
... From: <bowerbird@...> To: <lewiscarroll@yahoogroups.com>; <Bowerbird@...> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:04 PM Subject: re: [lewiscarroll]...
13723
bowerbird@...
bbirdiman
Sep 26, 2007 3:08 am
... oh please. as if i was suggesting that. ... oh please. as if i was suggesting that it shouldn't be. ... and i'll answer you again: throwing rocks at a...
13724
BlackMonk
electriccomi...
Sep 26, 2007 3:58 am
... From: <bowerbird@...> To: <lewiscarroll@yahoogroups.com>; <Bowerbird@...> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 11:04 PM Subject: re: [lewiscarroll]...
13725
Amirouche Moktefi
moktefi
Sep 26, 2007 7:55 am
Thank you very much for your replies. I see that this one more subject of controversy for Carrollian scholars. My dissertation is not biographical at all, so...
13726
bowerbird@...
bbirdiman
Sep 26, 2007 8:04 am
i feel no need to deny statements other people tried to put in my mouth. that is all. -bowerbird ************************************** See what's new at...
13727
Amirouche Moktefi
moktefi
Sep 26, 2007 8:15 am
Hi, Thank you John for your reply. I would like to say few words about the generally accepted idea that Carroll abandonned mathematics in favour of logic in...
13728
Lyon
billythefilly
Sep 26, 2007 10:39 am
Hi Amirouche, You are quite right of course. I shouldn't have used even the phrase 'more or less abandoned'. I must learn to be more precise when writing to...
13729
Lyon
billythefilly
Sep 26, 2007 11:09 am
Hi everyone. Let us not forget that 'racism' wasn't even a word during Lewis carroll's time. It is not a question of 'sanitising racism'. More important is...
13730
Amirouche Moktefi
moktefi
Sep 26, 2007 11:21 am
Hi, This is one of the best messages I read on this list since a long time! I think I can now write my footnote! Thank you very much Ami...
13731
Adele Cammarata
adelecammarata
Sep 26, 2007 11:47 am
I do agree with both of you. The time was another time, and Carroll was in many ways a man of his time. I studied something about Italian children's literature...
