I'm so spoiled

[Murthy Yenamandra]

Craig Bleakley writes:
> Does anyone feel that their reading of M&D has somehow been "violated"
> because of anything that's been posted here?

No, but that's only because not everyone on this list gets a kick out of
deliberate obstreperousness.

> This "pure reading" stuff is a romantic lie.  Criminney, if you're not here
> to get new ideas, new connections  . . .

The "pure reading" stuff is _your_ romantic strawman. All we want is a
little temporary peace and a warning that someone is going to yak about
something that half the list is reading. Would that kill you?

> What is this spoiler rule all about and what's the power dynamic behind it? 

Courtesy...? Especially when it's no skin off your nose...?

Murthy

PS: Don't mind the heat when you're the devil's advocate...

-- 
Murthy Yenamandra, Dept of CompSci, U of Minnesota. mailto:yenamand at cs.umn.edu
"Every heart/to love will come/but like a refugee" - Leonard Cohen