Re: [tied] A comment on Cybalist purpose

Actually, while I don't agree with Marco's comments about robbers and thieves, he does have a point. Several months ago, one list member was admonished for trying to turn this into a Romanian-only discussion list, and that he should either find a suitable forum or create his, yet he continues. Most of the Albanian discussions seem somehow to get linked to Romanian, which goes against the original admonishment. Is the Albanian <> Romanian topic going to be allowed to hijack the list now?

Andy Howey

Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 14:04:31 +0000, Marco Moretti <marcomoretti69@...> wrote: >Dear Sirs, > >I noticed a strange thing, that this list >is devoted not to IE studies, but almost only >to discussion on Albanian. If one posts something >different, the new topic is submerged by mails >about Albanian. >I have nothing against it specifically, but I remember >you that IE is really wide and differentiated. >If I'd read everything written in this list I'd be able >to speak a fluent Albanian and to save my life speaking it >when threatened by thieves and robbers entered in my flat! Albanian is a legitimate subject of discussion for this list. More so, IMHO, than Romanian, which is really only of marginal interest compared to its mother language Latin. It's always possible to have too much a good thing, but if we consider that not much attention is usually dedicated to Albanian in IE studies, a bit of imbalance the other side for a while is not such a bad thing. The insinuation that all Albanians are thieves and robbers is of course as stupid as saying, for instance, that all Italians are mafiosi. ======================= Miguel Carrasquer Vidal mcv@...