Subject: Re: [HAB:] HAB: To what degree should I continue?
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 19:33:18 -0400


sorry gary, this don't interest me at all, ...it was matt's post,  the
"ashamed" bit, set me off.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary E Davis" <gedavis1-AT-yahoo.com>
To: <habermas-AT-lists.village.Virginia.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 3:10 PM
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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