Dear Members,
I wish to inform you that Eisel can no longer post to the group. I have
suspended his posting privileges and this could very well be permanent.
However, he can still remain a member and receive the messages.
Best wishes,
Jim Anderson, the moderator
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eisel Mazard" <Parajanaka@...>
To: <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: [palistudy] Trans. & Philosophy of SN-1:18:5 [Ko.t.thita Sutta]
> I quote myself, from that same message:
>
> "That is very much a loose paraphrase, stated with the the utmost
> brevity, but it brings us rapidly to the point..."
>
> Jim, this is not the first time you've sent insulting messages to me:
> to prevent your being "offended", I had written to you separately,
> off-list, with a letter of encouragement, stating that I was looking
> forward to others pointing out my errors, that I would be eager to see
> that I was wrong, etc., to show you (directly) that I was opening this
> as a discussion for all, with an open mind --and, indeed, several
> other people have now taken up a more detailed study of the syntax of
> the text (their attention drawn to it by my "loose paraphrase", etc.).
>
> When I wrote the first two messages to the list, I did not actually
> have very much time, but I was excited with what I had noticed in the
> text, and I've managed to pass on some of that excitement to others,
> it seems.
>
> If this is not the sort of "crap" that you want on the list, all I can say
is,
>
> "Best wishes",
> E.M.
>