Re: [tied] Torsten is a [--------]

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From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Torsten is a crackpot


> And what is it that ticks you off this time? That I ask Piotr of his
> opinion of the historical events around the glottogenesis of Proto-
> Germanic and you know that there is no way to get around the starting
> point of Thuringia, given the evidence I've presented, which is the
> _cinsensus_ opinion. In other words, you don't want the question of
> the geographical origin of the "new people" in Thuringia, using Roman
> weapons, solved?

Torsten,

Given from the reactions you're getting from fellow Cybalisters (including
several people who know something about early Germanic), "consensus" is an
overtatement, to put it mildly. I know from experience how unfaltering your
belief in your own theories is, and don't hope to cure you of your idée
fixe. Not that I care. Anyone who can tell a valid linguistic or historical
argument from a travesty thereof and is patient enough to read those long
threads can form an opinion about your private mythology. But George Knysh
has a valid point: you've told us nothing new this time -- it's the same
dead horse getting another flogging. You are a very active poster, but your
interests are very narrow: the origin of Germanic with emphasis on the role
of Odin, the Azov Sea connection and the literal truth of Snorri's account
(one could call you a Snorri fundamentalist), and the Sundaland saga. This
limited scope makes you repeat yourself over and over again. Since I have
asked the members not to use Cybalist as a vehicle for promoting their
personal obsessions, I have to ask you to abandon the "ex Thuringia" thread.
I'll tolerate any concluding remarks posted within the next 24 hours, but if
you go beyond that, you'll find yourself moderated.

To everyone:

Anybody who has a complaint to make as regards administrative matters can
post it to Cybalist_admin. Please, no more strong language and no more
meta-discussions about what is OT and what isn't.

Piotr