File spoon-archives/phillitcrit.archive/phillitcrit_1997/phillitcrit.9711, message 583


Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 20:46:52 -0400
From: Stirling Newberry <allegro-AT-thecia.net>
Subject: Re: PLC: Advisory Board for PHIL-LIT


At 8:44 PM -0500 11/10/97, Reg Lilly wrote:
>Hey, April Fools isn't for months.  Surely you can't say with a straight face
>
>> Only
>>on PHIL-LIT can you find some  of the most exciting voices in
>>contemporary philosophy and literary thought in both rapidfire and
>>meditative exchanges with furiously intelligent laypersons, students,
>>and exiles from academe.
>
>I mean, are you aware of other lists and groups of lists like h-net -- or
>even h-rhetor, that has over 3,000 subscribers -- not to mention
>phillitcrit?  So aren't you a bit sheepish to say (!!!)
>
>>Only on PHIL-LIT can you find such an
>>astonishing *range* of viewpoints,
>
>Denis, maybe this is an ad for the London Times, or for a public that
>doesn't know any better, but don't you think it's a bit insulting to the
>intelligence of people on phillitcrit to say such a thing on phillitcrit,
>when in fact, the history of your list is one of serverly *restricted*
>range?
>
>Good luck with your list, Denis.  I'm glad phillitcrit has caused some
>signs of change.  But sorry to say it calls to mind a fine piece of
>literature -- the boy who cried wolf.
>
>Regards,
>Reg
>
>
>
>
>
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