Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0009656, Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:43:52 -0700

Subject
Fw: Fw: Fw: reply to carolyn
Date
Body
----- Original Message -----
From: <gshiman@optonline.net>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (32
lines) ------------------

> There was certain element in Mrs Kunin original posting which warranted
some of the personal and brilliant responses. We do not need moral
grandstanding on this list. As somebody said earlier: if you bring your toys
do not feel angry if others do not play along. I also want to make a comment
on style: in her posting Mrs. Kunin applied 'god' to VN while in their
responses correspondents used God in more detached sense. Style is
inescapable.
>
> George Shimanovich
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 12:32 pm
> Subject: Fw: Fw: reply to carolyn
>
> > MessageEDNOTE. The "High Priority" symbol is attached by the
> > sender--not by NABOKV-L. I agree that personal observations about
> > subscribers are undesirable. I do sometimes intervene in this area
> > but the ensuing correspondence is time-consuming and NABOKV-L is
> > not my only activity.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello
> > To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 4:09 AM
> > Subject: Re: Fw: reply to carolyn
> >
> >
> > Don and List
> >
> > I wonder why Dmitri´s messages usually reach me with a High
> > Priority electronic sign. This suggests that behind the scenes
> > there is a watching Supreme Ruler indeed.
> > I protest against Nabokov-List debates that establish their
> > roots at a personal level for launching an attack, such as the one
> > that now drags in a concrete image of C.K´s email address.
> > Jansy
>