SEELANGS Digest - 19 May 2010 to 20 May 2010 (#2010-178)

[Vadim Besprozvanny]

It is a typical false argument to substituting field with people, scholarly
proved understanding with "street" point of view - turning a philological
problem into a matter of personal (pre)occupation.    

As to "I will have nothing further to say on the subject" - you shouldn't 
be worried: you did not say anything. "War doesn't determine who's right,
just who's left."

VB

>> Absence of "good translators = translations" lays in the nature of
>> the job, not in someone's personal qualities: that's clear. Is not
>> applicable to the people but rather (as you pointed it out) to the
>> nature of their field.
>> 
>> Otherwise I do not see anything in your remark that would require an 
>> answer: 1) the tone and vocabulary is aggressive and abusive; 2)it
>> does not contain any arguments or points to be discussed thus
>> completely matching 1).
> 
> Well, I suppose if you say that an entire field contains no one who is 
> good and cannot by definition contain anyone who is good, some will take 
> offense. You must have expected that.
> 
> I would note that I toned my remarks down considerably in this polite 
> public forum from what I would have liked to say to you on the street. 
> The other subscribers don't need to read that.
> 
> I will have nothing further to say on the subject.

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