[2] Inside, outside, leave me alone...

["j.BOLt SThAR eNYCh" <eltyger>]

1203 EST // Fri 7 Nov 97 // BklnNYC
                                             
It's worth a moment to Consider:
         What *is* the Meaning of "Outside of Society"?
and Can We be there? or Get there?
                                         And then what?
                                            
I Certainly don't Suggest that to be "Outside..." is to be 
         Bad, Evil, Nasty, or Even "Outlaw...";
Neither is "to Lurk".
                                           
As for the Naming of "Robert Mapplethorpe":
    Robert is an Artist. To Some Folx Artists are Heroes.
It is Never *Wrong* to Remember - and Proclaim - the Name(s) of
One's Heroe(s).
At first it seems Inappropriate to shout it out at a PS*G
Concert - but, really, why Not? 
One might Reasonably *Hope* that Patti would be Inspired to say 
a few things if She thought there were Interest...
It's only Marginally more InApproPo than yelling "Elvis", or 
"Janis Joplin", or "Jim Morrison",...
Or "Allen Ginsberg".

Not quite the TouchStone of Stupidity/Iniquity that some would 
have it...
                                                      
It *All* comes down to: "Tell Us a Story, Patti."
                                                       
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>Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 10:07:42 -0600
>To: babel-list
>From: Wilson Smith <neslon>
>Subject: Inside, outside, leave me alone...
>Cc: xnet
                                             
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>At 08:25 AM 11/7/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>                                                       
>>0051 EST // Fri 7 Nov 97 // BklnNYC
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>>The Analogue of "To Be Outside(r) of Society", on the 'Net, 
>>                    would be "To Lurk(er)" 
>>to Participate in Few Exchanges; 
>>To be Weakly Interactive....
>
>Or to post relentlessly, and without thought, and without 
>regard to topic, without taking the time to welcome 
>newcomers, without taking the time to read others' replies 
>before posting one's own, without seeking out the lurkers, 
>etc etc etc... Posting publicly when it'd be better to take 
>it private...
                                                 
>...
                                         
>This is a REALLY nice and sharp and fine crew of misfit drug 
>addict poet singer luvva-strangers, tho there's maybe 
>sometimes a lack of humor on some participants' parts, and 
>there's a fair amount of posturing... ["elitist poseurs", was 
>that it?]... Something to keep in mind, tho:
>
>    Ya never know what's going on with the other one
>
>Folks out here have agendas just the way folks "out there" 
>have agendas. If you get in the way of somebody's agenda, 
>watch out. [the scary/difficult part is when folks don't 
>realize what the items on their own agenda are -- try to deal 
>with THAT ("know thyself," was that it?)]
>
>Anyhoo... bless us all, def, keep fighting the true fight, 
>alla yas, it seems our intentions are mostly good...
                                      
>...
                                         
>W
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