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Re: (De)politicization of ANTHRO-LFiona Moore (al772@FREENET.CARLETON.CA)Sun, 16 Oct 1994 21:02:36 -0400
>I think it is crucial that Hugh Jarvis respond to Dwight Read's comments, >especially given that a copy of the posting on the cessation of the >"political" discussion of AA was forwarded to the Tedlocks (are they >not subscribers to ANTHRO-L)? I'm somewhat less paranoid than Read is >about this, but the appearance of impropriety is just as bad as the >real thing. Is it really possible that the "politics" behind >editorial policies at AA are also having an effect on free discussion >on ANTHRO-L? Say it isn't so! I personally thought D.R. was going a bit over the top--to be fair, Hugh Jarvis may just have been wanting to spare other readers the tedium that comes when people start beating the proverbial dead horse--which is what seems to be happening with the AA business. But I also believe that if people on ANTHRO-L want to go on wrangling about the editorial policies, that's their perogative. I am not a member myself, and I am something of a "lurker" on ANTHRO-L. But I advise people who have a problem with any subject discussed on any mailing list to do what I have been doing about the AA "criticism" (to use the polite term)--delete the message after reading the first line. As Neil Gaiman put it: "If you're offended by this sort of thing, there's a simple solution--DON'T READ IT." That way freedom of speech is preserved and everybody's happy. Fiona Moore al772@freenet.carleton.ca
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