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 > > > > > > --- from list phillitcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- Stirling Newberry business: openmarket.com personal: allegro-AT-thecia.net War and Romance: http://www.thecia.net/users/allegro/public_html --- from list phillitcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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