[New-Poetry] World's worst poet

[Suzanne Baran]

Thank you, Suzanne, brilliantly said!

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Suzanne Burns <atelierjewelweed at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Okay guys! While I have my own skepticism about SGI based on my own
> personal experiences, I really have to say that throwing around words like
> "cult" and insulting someone's religion, and then get all worked up and
> surly when they stand up for themselves kind of doesn't make much sense if
> you are going to say you care about language-- or for that matter cause and
> effect.  How can you call someone's religion a  "cult" and not expect them
> to feel insulted and answer back?  I mean really, what's your whole point
> here?
>
> Suzanne didn't bring up the topic of Buddhism on this list; someone else
> did, in response to her signature.
>
> I hope my remarks didn't contribute to the flame.  Could we all just back
> off a bit and tone things down? Or at the very least if you are going to
> insult someone expect something in return that you probably won't like?
>
> Suzanne
>
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> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Suzanne Baran <screwzbaran at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> JD:
>>
>> I happen to be programming the front page of the largest Web portal on the
>> Net. Forgive me if my grammar is not up to par, Professor. Your comments are
>> revolting, sir. Instead of putting out a fire (which began because someone
>> referenced my email signature and not an article on the world's worst poet),
>> you're adding nonsensical fuel to it.
>>
>> Have a lovely weekend.
>>
>> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Joseph Duemer <duemer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Teh stupid! Please make it stop! Buddhist evangelicalism! And all this
>>> making nice in a poetic political correctness sort of way? Let's call a cult
>>> a cult. My god, this is a depressing discussion. No wonder nobody respects
>>> poets -- their brains have all turned to fucking mush. The grammar &
>>> rhetoric of Ms. Baran's sentences in the posts above are evidence enough for
>>> me to never credit anything she says. Complete twaddle. Language matters.
>>> (Just an attempt to bring this thread into some sort of relevance for a
>>> *poetry* discussion list.)
>>>
>>> jd
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> Joseph Duemer
>>> Professor of Humanities
>>> Clarkson University
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"Who is truly great? I hope you can develop the ability to discern true
human greatness. A great person is someone who forges unity among human
beings through sincere dialogue, armed with a solid philosophy, feet firmly
planted on the ground. A great person is one who lives among the people and
earns their unshakable trust. Fickle popularity and temporary fads are
nothing but illusions."

Daily Encouragement - Daisaku Ikeda
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