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----- Original Message -----
From: "George Shimanovich" <gshiman@optonline.net>
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> The only standard that I accept on this list is the one established by
> Vladimir Nabokov himself.
>
> Calling exchange over communism and Charlie Chaplin, Nabokov and
> homosexuality a 'scholarly' by Nat Selleck make me wish for exactly kind
of
> language that Mr. Dmitri Nabokov has courage to offer. We need people that
> keep the bar high, even at the expense of sounding offensive to common
> denominator. An I will trust Dmitri's 'tyranny' of words in maintaining
> that level more then Mr. Selleck censoring inquisition in this list.
>
> George Shimanovich
> --
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nat Selleck" <selleck@OPERAMAIL.COM>
> >
> > Could you please post this to the list?
> >
> > 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
>
From: "George Shimanovich" <gshiman@optonline.net>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (29
lines) ------------------
> The only standard that I accept on this list is the one established by
> Vladimir Nabokov himself.
>
> Calling exchange over communism and Charlie Chaplin, Nabokov and
> homosexuality a 'scholarly' by Nat Selleck make me wish for exactly kind
of
> language that Mr. Dmitri Nabokov has courage to offer. We need people that
> keep the bar high, even at the expense of sounding offensive to common
> denominator. An I will trust Dmitri's 'tyranny' of words in maintaining
> that level more then Mr. Selleck censoring inquisition in this list.
>
> George Shimanovich
> --
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nat Selleck" <selleck@OPERAMAIL.COM>
> >
> > Could you please post this to the list?
> >
> > 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
>