From: ce11son@yahoo.ca   
      
   On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 23:59:10 +0000 (UTC), soupdragon    
   wrote:   
      
   >Nicholas Benjamin  wrote in   
   >news:16e1637f-7000-4e83-a528-61fc1afd3db6@googlegroups.com:   
   >   
   >> On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 8:00:38 PM UTC-4, Charles Ellson   
   >> wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 29 Apr 2015 23:07:47 +0000 (UTC), Louis Epstein   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> >In alt.talk.royalty soupdragon  wrote:   
   >>> >> Louis Epstein  wrote in   
   >>> >> news:mhpn2l$3gf$1@reader1.panix.com:   
   >>> >>   
   >>> >>> In alt.talk.royalty soupdragon  wrote:   
   >>> >>>> Louis Epstein  wrote in news:mhc0ie$la2$1   
   >>> >>>> @reader1.panix.com:   
   >>> >>>>   
   >>> >>>>>>>> So why cross post it to scs, where their 'relevance' is no   
   >>> >>>>>>>> more than any other Scot killed in the wars? What, in   
   >>> >>>>>>>> particular, merits their 'adoration' by you over any other   
   >>> >>>>>>>> Scot who also die   
   >> d   
   >>> >>>>>>>> but you fail to salute?   
   >>> >>>>>>>   
   >>> >>>>>>> I post it to the soc.culture groups of the nationalities of   
   >>> >>>>>>> all the men listed.It represent the intersection of the   
   >>> >>>>>>> groups to which it is cross-posted.   
   >>> >>>>>>   
   >>> >>>>>> You didn't answer the question. Let me repeat it for you:   
   >>> >>>>>>   
   >>> >>>>>> What, in particular, merits their 'adoration' by you over any   
   >>> >>>>>> othe   
   >> r   
   >>> >>>>>> Scot who also died but you fail to salute?   
   >>> >>>>>>   
   >>> >>>>>   
   >>> >>>>> I did answer the question.They are the Scots relevant to a.t.r,   
   >>> >>>>> from which this is cross-posted.   
   >>> >>>>   
   >>> >>>> No you didn't. You answered an entirely different question. I   
   >>> >>>> didn't ask you why it was relevant to a.t.r. Try again.   
   >>> >>>   
   >>> >>> If they didn't represent the intersection of relevance to both   
   >>> >>> s.c.s and a.t.r I wouldn't be cross-posting to the two groups.   
   >>> >>   
   >>> >> Explain the relevance to s.c.s.   
   >>> >   
   >>> >Already done.   
   >>> >Do you have problems realizing that people relevant to a.t.r   
   >>> >can also be relevant to s.c.s?   
   >>> >   
   >>> Do you have a problem realising you're not welcome in s.c.s ?   
   >>   
   >> That's a remarkably dumb thing to say on a post that's crossposted to   
   >> groups where he is welcome.   
   >   
   >Given that he's the one who initiated the crosspost to a Scottish   
   >culture group and caused the offence in the first place (and repeatedly   
   >does so each year despite requests for him to stop) perhaps you should   
   >direct your ire at Louis.   
   >   
   Also, I did not crosspost it :-   
   >From: Charles Ellson    
   >Newsgroups: soc.culture.scottish   
   >Subject: Re: Remembering the Noble War Dead   
   >Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 01:00:40 +0100   
      
   >   
   >> It's even dumber given the activity level on this list. Today there   
   >> have been posts on two issues: this, and one idiot going on about how   
   >> he won't do porn. Prior to that all activity has been   
   >> non-Scots-related commentary by the no-porn guy and a bunch of stuff   
   >> in Spanish that is apparently vaguely related to religion. The last   
   >> message that was on-topic prior to this thread was posted on the 12th,   
   >> and was a call for all the humans still on the list to go to Facebook.   
   >   
   >Firstly, this is not a list, it is a Usenet news group called   
   >soc.culture.scottish. Secondly activity level is irrelevant. Besides   
   >we like it quiet. Thirdly, you are not the one who decides what is   
   >on-topic for the group. The group does that through its charter, FAQ   
   >and custom and practice   
   >   
   >> Now if you wanted to use this as a springboard to talk about the   
   >> Nobility's role in modern Scotland, or criticize them, or even demand   
   >> a Scots-only-list,   
   >   
   >Nothing to do with a Scots-only group. This group is for those   
   >interested in Scottish culture, irrespective of nationality. Scotland   
   >has a long military history that is held in high esteem by its people   
   >including the sacrifice made by all who died in the wars. This guy   
   >doesn't even read the group yet insists on crossposting to it every   
   >Armastice Day a post that suggests the only Scots who died in war that   
   >matter and are worth saluting are a few of the priveledged class and   
   >the rest of the Scottish war dead don't even merit a mention. Which   
   >is extremely offensive to the vast majority of Scottish people.   
   >   
   >>Demanding the only guy on   
   >> this list whose actually talking about shit that is even vaguely   
   >> related to Scottish culture shut the fuck up, by cross-posting to   
   >> numerous groups where people who like are gonna read it, OTOH, is   
   >> dumber then paste.   
   >   
   >He's the one who initiated the crosspost. Take it up with him. But just   
   >to putting Scottish culture into context, Robert Burns is the national   
   >poet and to quote him - The rank is but a guinea stamp, the man's the   
   >man for a that. Anyone interested in the nobility know where to find   
   >it. It doesn't need to be, and shouldn't be crossposted to group where   
   >he already knows from previous experience, is unwelcome and causes   
   >offence.   
      
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