time to change the tune

[victor van Bijlert]

I had already suggested as much, some days ago but all I harvested was
criticism and a lesson to the effect that this list does not moderate. But
obviously, this is necessary. Not because the subject of
'Nazi-indology'would not be appropriate as a topic to discuss here, but
because the discussion deteriorates into mud-slinging and personal
allegations and counter-allegations.
Victor


-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Indology [mailto:INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] Namens Jan Houben
Verzonden: maandag 16 maart 2009 16:54
Aan: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
Onderwerp: Re: time to change the tune

It is sometimes easy to be carried away, but  in order to protect the large
majority of "good guys/girls" from this list and in order not to scare them
away:
Dominik's old rule of thumb "two warnings then out" (stemming from the early
times of the "wild" indology list) should be announced, should be known to
all list members and should be adhered to.
Jan Houben




On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 9:12 AM, <mkapstei at uchicago.edu> wrote:

> I find the use of the Indology list
> by our colleagues in Germany to be
> tiresome in the extreme and not
> to accord very well with the purposes
> for which Indology was established.
>
> If this continues much longer, I, for
> one, will withdraw my name from the subscription list.
>
> Perhaps a separate listserve dedicated to
> settling scores in Germany should be contemplated,
> so that those interested in this will have
> their own playpen.
>
>
> Matthew T. Kapstein
> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies
> The University of Chicago Divinity School
>
> Directeur d'études
> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris
>