[lg policy] Policy on disagreeable messages

[Miriam E Ebsworth]

Excellent suggestion Hal!

Keep'em coming.

It's important to hear all voices, even the nasty ones. And it's equally important to challenge purported facts and conclusions that we know to be untrue.

With respect and appreciation,
Miriam

Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth, Ph.D.
<MEE1 at nyu.edu>
Director of Doctoral Programs in Multilingual Multicultural Studies
New York University,635 East Building
239 Greene St., New York, NY 10003

work phone: 212-998-5195 

----- Original Message -----
From: Harold Schiffman <haroldfs at gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:45 am
Subject: [lg policy] Policy on disagreeable messages
To: lp <lgpolicy-list at groups.sas.upenn.edu>


> Dear members,
>  
>  I thank all those of you who have responded on this issue, all of whom
>  have been supportive of continuing to send messages,
>  even "offensive" ones, as a way to ensure that we know what we are
>  dealing with "out there" and that we won't get
>  complacent about sentiments we do not agree with.  I currently have a
>  disclaimer at the end of all messages I send,
>  in which people are encouraged to post a rejoinder if they disagree
>  with something.  I would like to amend this to
>  recommend in addition that if members disagree with, say, a message
>  from the British National Party, or from the English
>  Only people, that they write to those people, and register their
>  discontent with them directly.  A copy of that message
>  could be forwarded to this list, just so we know about it.
>  
>  Yours,
>  
>  Hal Schiffman
>  
>  -- 
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>  
>   Harold F. Schiffman
>  
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>   Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
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>  University of Pennsylvania
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>  
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