Re: Hodenausaunee Egalitarianism (was: Re: WANTED: A good (fwd)

Van and Kathy Smith (vksmith@IX.NETCOM.COM)
Mon, 29 Jan 1996 12:50:31 -0600

At 12:38 PM 1/28/96 -0500, Ralph L Holloway wrote:

>When you are so concerned about embarassment to the list and our
>profession, you might consider the stimuli that provoke our responses.
>When I see rampant sexism, lies and distortion, and unprofessional
>labelling of ideas and texts, as I have, I will react as I have in the
>past. You recognise it as bickering and I see it as something else. I'll
>be happy to take my "petty bickering" off the list when and if I see
>reasonable reactions to the above sorts of corrosion in the discipline.
>Ralph Holloway
>
I agree with much that you say, but the sophomoric insults that you
and your adversary toss at each other is convulsively embarassing and
grossly unprofessional. The inability of you both to meter your responses
win you nothing but dishonor, and shines an ill light on those in this
profession.
Van Smith