Re: Ernst Bloch on Jazz, Kitsch and Colportage

["Peters, Mike [HES]" <M.Peters@xxxxxxxxx>]

The following appears to illustrate that the level of petty 'barbarism'
('bad manners') indulged in by this person called Ralph Dumain is worthy of
being called 'fascistic' - sorting out sheep and goats etc. It is infantile
and shows just how petty-minded he is. Where I come from, anyone who spoke
like that face to face (without the safety of cyberspace) would have had his
nose broken before he had reached the age of 15 (which is Ralph Dumain's
probable age judging from his attitudes). My advice is to have him withdrawn
from the list until he grows up sufficiently to tolerate sharing the planet
with people who disagree with him.
Mike Peters
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From: Ralph Dumain
To: frankfurt-school@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Ernst Bloch on Jazz, Kitsch and Colportage
Date: Monday, May 17, 1999 6:40AM

At 09:32 PM 5/15/99 +0100, simon smith wrote:
>I felt strongly against jazz well
>before I read Adorno and went into a critique of his ideas.

This statement is sufficient to discredit you completely.
Good riddance to you, you pathetic little shit.

Harry Zorn is next on my list.

As for Jamie Daniel, yes please do go on deleting my posts.
It cuts through a whole lot of fog when you can make people
choose to be for you or against you and not waste a whole lot
of time shillyshallying about.  Separate the sheep from the goats  quickly
and decisively, and you will find yourself making fast friends and bitter
enemies.  It's worth it, though.

Now I'm more concerned about this Lev Lafayette.  If this article is
actually going to be about Adorno, Bloch, jazz, and dance, I expect to be
properly footnoted, and I'd appreciate a copy of the finished article.  If
I'm going to further your career, you could at least do this for me.
Thanks.

"Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you."  --
William Blake