This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C133A5.BB5031E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 11:17 AM Subject: Re: Eliot, Wagner and Julius In a message dated 9/2/01 3:44:05 AM !!!First Boot!!!, = [log in to unmask] writes:=20 Madam:=20 You have an admirable moral instinct, but an undisciplined mind. = It is=20 Julius who is quoting these things, as evidence of Eliot's = anti-Semitism. =20 The question is whether or not the passages he cites, read = together in the=20 context of his arguments, support his thesis. If this sort of = discussion=20 offends you, you either do not understand it, or are irrational. = Sir:=20 Methinks you are the irrational one. I simply told a story that came = to mind=20 relating to the idea that a person of a minority group cannot write as = a=20 general citizen of his society. As to whether Eliot was anti-Semitic, = I=20 don't think his statement about Rosenberg, whether taken to be a = derogatory=20 or complimentary, will answer this question, as often a person without = any=20 real prejudice in his being may make a thoughtless remark or tell a = tasteless=20 joke about a certain ethnic group.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C133A5.BB5031E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A [log in to unmask] = href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = [log in to unmask] href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 02, = 2001 11:17=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Eliot, Wagner and=20 Julius</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT size=3D2>In a = message dated=20 9/2/01 3:44:05 AM !!!First Boot!!!, <A=20 href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A> = <BR>writes:=20 <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 TYPE=3D"CITE"><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff = 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 TYPE=3D"CITE">Madam:</FONT><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial = color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"> <BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial = color=3D#000000=20 size=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF">You have an admirable moral = instinct, but an=20 undisciplined mind. It is <BR>Julius who is quoting these = things, as=20 evidence of Eliot's anti-Semitism. <BR>The question is = whether or=20 not the passages he cites, read together in the <BR>context of his = arguments, support his thesis. If this sort of discussion=20 <BR>offends you, you either do not understand it, or are = irrational.=20 <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial = color=3D#0f0f0f=20 size=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Sir: = <BR><BR>Methinks you=20 are the irrational one. I simply told a story that came to mind=20 <BR>relating to the idea that a person of a minority group cannot = write as a=20 <BR>general citizen of his society. As to whether Eliot was=20 anti-Semitic, I <BR>don't think his statement about Rosenberg, whether = taken=20 to be a derogatory <BR>or complimentary, will answer this question, as = often a=20 person without any <BR>real prejudice in his being may make a = thoughtless=20 remark or tell a tasteless <BR>joke about a certain ethnic = group.</FONT>=20 </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C133A5.BB5031E0--