Theos-Talk Archives (May 2000 Message tt00060)

I've been reading this list and finding out more about oblong squares than
any human should have to endure. I am not an expert on anything...but as a
writer I thought I'd make a timid contribution. 
Perhaps oblong squares is an oxymoron, like "friendly debate"??
Maybe if I knew more, I could appreciate the details of this ongoing, and
occassionally rather warm discussion. I suppose I should  be quiet and
"lurk" but I just love the energy you all throw out with these discussions
and will hate to see this one come to some kind of conclusion too soon.
Please, carry on. nancy

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> From: Frank Reitemeyer <ringding@blinx.de>
> To: theos-talk@theosophy.com
> Subject: Re: Theos-World Square pegs that have difficulty fitting in
round holes.
> Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000 3:46 AM
> 
> Tony,
> thank you for keeping me (us) informed. The case of censorship in some
> "theosophical" (!??) lists (what a parody) is very important.
> Also the case with HPBs  "thin oblong squares" and the distortion of this
> Masonic term in the ULT-version of her "Voice of the Silence" is of high
> importance to all Blavatsky students.
> Is what you wrote a play on the censorship habit of Reed Carson in his
> "moderated" lists?
> Were your emails banned from his list, too?
> Frank
> 
> > Does this ring any bells anywhere, and what are we to make of it?
> >
> > The following appeared in the editorial of a magazine on antiquarian
> books,
> > about a subscribers list for librarians, book collector's etc:
> >
> > The list: "is largely made up of librarians, book dealers and book
> > collectors, from around the world some 1,600 in number. The quiet types
> you
> > would believe. This list which usually posts only a few messages each
day
> > suddenly produced over fifty e-mails in one day.  What had happened? 
The
> > list-server based in America, the 'land of the free' had sent out an
> e-mail
> > from the moderator informing the subscribers that certain types of
e-mails
> > were now banned.  Apparently, at least one subscriber had been moved
from
> > the list.  For several days the e-mails raged, the contents ranged from
> > sensible questions to rather rude remarks about the moderator,
subscribers
> > left the list.  It all reminds me of children squabbling in a
playground.
> > But as one subscriber pointed out what had happened to 'freedom of
> > speech'...." [ANTIQUARIAN BOOK MONTHLY, May 2000 issue)
> >
> > How is this to be SQUARED (THIN OBLONG SQUARED, that is) with the whole
> > spirit of the freedom of the Internet?
> >
> > As an example, it is interesting to see the different reactions to
HPB's
> use
> > of the term "thin oblong squares":
> >
> > Both Peter and Daniel have developed the whole concept of THIN OBLONG
> > SQUARES using quotes from HPB and other sources.
> >
> > Others simply say HPB got it wrong, at the same time accusing others of
> > bickering, being Jesuits and god knows what else, for suggesting HPB
was
> > right.
> >
> > And others MODERATE HPB's "The Voice of the Silence," so that yet
others
> > never get the opportunity of knowing that HPB ever wrote THIN OBLONG
> > SQUARES.
> >
> > Tony
> 
> 
> 
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