Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0008159, Sun, 20 Jul 2003 13:58:41 -0700

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From: "Nat Selleck" <selleck@OPERAMAIL.COM>
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> Could you please post this to the list?
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> Dmitri's tyranny over this list must end. Need we endure his bullying
> and ad hominem attacks simply out of deference to his bloodline?
> This goes beyond taking offense at his vulgar language. His tantrums
> have led, directly or indirectly, to the abrupt cessation of at least two
> interesting lines of scholarly exchange over communism and Charlie
> Chaplin, Nabokov and homosexuality. If you think that this is
> acceptable in these cases, how about the slippery slope leading to
> the ad hominem slamming of the contents of a simple bibliographic
> posting?
>
> Nat Selleck