From: mshaw@panix.com   
      
   J.D. Baldwin  wrote:   
   > In the previous article, David Carson   wrote:   
      
   > > I thought the lifetime ban against Rose was justified, and I'm glad   
   > > that it was never lifted. But now that he has died, and the ban   
   > > truly has expired--it was always called a "lifetime ban," not a   
   > > "permanent ban" or "eternal ban"--I'm sort of ambivalent. Que sera   
   > > sera.   
      
   > This sums up my attitude to a high degree, though I lean a bit in the   
   > direction of "No."  The Hall is not just for skill, but for ideals of   
   > sportsmanship and honor.  Rose failed in important respects.  I am not   
   > saying one has to be a literal saint in order to be considered for the   
   > Hall (some of my favorite players would fall well short of that), but   
   > Rose went pretty low.  There is also the practical matter of pour   
   > encourager les autres.   
      
   Your ideas intrigue me, and I would like to subscribe to your   
   newsletter.   
      
   For a good example of this kind of thing, consider that Michael   
   Vick is in the Virginia Tech Hall of Fame. Fuck the Hokies.   
      
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   Mark Shaw                                        moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm   
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