humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare

On Feb 26, 6:08=A0pm, Elizabeth wrote:
> On Feb 26, 3:53 pm, "Ms. Mouse" wrote:
>
> > On Feb 26, 5:53 pm, Elizabeth wrote:
> > > > > Elizabeth, please be careful what you say about people. Neither Eg=
an
> > > > > nor Lindley are Oxfordians.
>
> > > I said 'probably.' It is my personal opinion,
> > > based on reading Lindley, that he leans
> > > Oxfordian.
>
> > > I don't think my opinion is libelous.
>
> > You actually didn't use the word probably when describing Professor
> > Lindley.
>
> Just to clarify, my impression from reading
> Lindley, was that he is an Oxfordian.

Well, yes, but your impression from reading Vickers is that he wrote
"a thousand page attack on the Strats for destroying Bacon." So how
much confidence are we to have in your "impressions?"

TR

>
> Neither of he nor Michael Egan is an Oxfordian or even
>
> > "probably" an Oxfordian. Whether what you're saying is libellous is
> > beside the point.
>
> It's not libelous because it's my own opinion,
> I'm not advocating that everyone believe that
> Lindley and 'possibly' Egan are Oxfordians.
>
> Anyway, it's no crime to be an Oxfordian.
> It just isn't a sound theory.
>
> > I can't speak for Egan, because if he's going to
> > edit The Oxfordian he must realise that this kind of labelling will
> > come with the territory, but I believe Professor Lindley would be
> > quite upset to hear himself described as an Oxfordian, and more
> > particularly "an Oxfordian in Strat clothing."
>
> Since I haven't libeled him Lindley will just
> have to live with it. =A0And as I said, it's no
> crime to be an Oxfordian, the theory just
> doesn't hold up.
>
> I've hardly called Lindley an 'idiot,' 'moron,'
> or whatever the third slur was.
>
> > I have found nothing in the work of either that would suggest to me
> > that they're Oxfordians.
> > Mouse
>
> Maybe it takes NOT ONE =A0to
> know one. I mean, why would Vickers
> edit a Baconian work that attacks Strats
> (however civilly). I will add a caveat here,
> Vickers is not attacking Strats on authorship
> but on principle, however, all the Strats
> that eviscerated Bacon were Strats. =A0Prolly
> only a coincidence, eh?
>
> Ok, I just checked the clock, it's time to
> start having fun again.
> ;)