Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 17:26:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Ernest Stromberg <els-AT-darkwing.uoregon.edu> Subject: Re: The Ten (Post)Commandments Let's see; there were no posts advocating "worship"; no one has been unsubbed; much of this list has been devoted to critiquing "the holy gibberish";no one has denied the existence of Sokal; the overall response on the list has been to encourage the use of languages other than english; if stupidity and personal attacks are the only options to "tea party politeness" than I concede,tea party politeness seems to be the norm; no one has been kicked out (redundant); when does gibberish become "academic?" On Sat, 13 Jul 1996, frank njubi wrote: > > don't bother to flame, this is my Last Word. > > over the last couple of days i've sen at least 5 people on this list > insist that it's OK to worship gurus; 2 or 3 insist that this should be an > english only list; and several others call for unpopular members to be > unsubbed. I therefore came up with these ammendments. > > 1. thou shalt worship the gurus without question > 2. non-worshipers shall be hanged...er..unsubbed > 3. only gurus can uncode the holy gibberish > 4. Sokal didn't happen > 5. only english gibberish is allowed > 6. always maintain tea-party politeness > 7. impolite people will be kicked out > 8. non-academic gibberish is illegal > 9. criticizing the gurus is strictly prohibited > 10.Sokal didn't happen > > by the way the dictionary defines gibberish as: "esoteric language that > is unnecesarily vague and pretentious." > > peace > > > > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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