Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 12:10:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HAB:] HAB: To what degree should I continue?


Re: Bob Scheetz, "germans v americans"

Mr. Scheetz, I'm glad you responded, really.

--- bob scheetz <rscheetz-AT-cboss.com> wrote:

GD: The comment that is causing me to reply and to which
I'd like others' feedback is this: 

BS>... so i think it'd be a distinct favor to all us phil
amateurs if  gary davis & co would go back to their elite
academic yahoo list and e-journal.

GD: If I consider others' postings to the HAB list over
time as the measure of what "all us" think, then I know
that Mr. Scheetz speaks inaccurately. 

But I want to hear from others about this (special address
indicated below). I was anyway inclined to work via a
Website and invite response via this list when I said
earlier that I was going to work with _Truth &
Justification_ "online". I didn't say earlier that I was
going to do that via the HAB list. 

But I don't know. Is others' silence tacit consent? (apart
from a vocal minority)

If you object to extended discussion of _Truth &
Justification_ via the HAB list, let me know off-list.
Thanks. Please reply to <gedavis2-AT-yahoo.com> with "HAB" as
part of your subject line. Thanks. 

Mr. Scheetz refers to the "elite academic yahoo list,"
which implies that he's been keeping up with it. Thanks!
But I consider THIS list the academic one, which is why I
posted my reading interest to the Spoons list, and not also
to the Yahoo! list. I started the list as (1) a means for
persons in the mall who wouldn't otherwise find the Spoons
list (The Yahoo! group page links to Mathieu Deflem's
site); (2) a forum overtly oriented to persons new to
Habermas' work; and (3) a place for Spoons subscribers to
pursue current events from a Habermasian perspective,
presuming that most subscribers aren't subscribing in order
to witness extended exchanges about others' opinions about
current events. 

It appears, though, that the "co" of "gary davis & co" are
the few members of both lists who usually post about their
ongoing engagement with Habermas' work. So, Mr Scheetz
evidently just wants to subscribe to a non-Habermasian
list. 

--------------------------------

Against my own better judgment, perhaps, I want to respond
briefly to the remainder of Mr. Scheetz's posting:

BS> i remember the treatment accorded prof raul rodriguez, 
...perceiving his apparent english insufficiency,....

GD: That's a misperception. If you'd like to pursue this
particular issue again, I'm willing, as long as you aren't
rude (Your present posting is quite rude to my ears). But I
don't believe that many others would care to see your sense
of treatment of anything pursued. In any case, please be
reasonable (and evidentiary) about your claims. Thanks. 

BS>... the ferocious malice and lying by gary davis & co

GD: The malice is yours, Mr. Scheetz, and the sense of
"ferocious" especially. I believe that you're presently
lying. 

BS>... it's a bit hard to seriously engage platonic ideals
...

GD: You seriously engage online? I'm sorry, really; I'm not
aware of that. I mistakenly thought you only posted
sarcastic barbs without pretext of validity claims. I will
read with new eyes, truly, and see what time tells. 

>....not to mention the chronic nausea provoked by the
seeming perpetual mutual licking & stroking. 

G: Feeling appreciation for other's time and contributions
is alien to you? That's saddening. 

Gary





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