File spoon-archives/postcolonial.archive/postcolonial_1996/96-08-26.043, message 17


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 
> 
> 
> 
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