[lg policy] Policy on disagreeable messages

[Dave Sayers]

How many racists does it take to change a lightbulb?

None - they don't want to be enlightened.

(Note to Hal: I understand if there's a policy against terrible jokes.)

Dave

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Dr. Dave Sayers
Honorary Research Fellow
School of the Environment and Society
Swansea University
d.sayers at swansea.ac.uk
http://swansea.academia.edu/DaveSayers



On 19:59, Kephart, Ronald wrote:
> I second that motion!
>
> Ron
> --
> Ronald Kephart
> Associate Professor of Anthropology
>     and Linguistics
> Coordinator, Anthropology Program
> University of North Florida
>
>
> On 5/18/10 11:55 AM, "Miriam E Ebsworth"<mee1 at nyu.edu>  wrote:
>
> 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
>>
>>   --
>>   =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
>>
>>    Harold F. Schiffman
>>
>>   Professor Emeritus of
>>    Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
>>   Dept. of South Asia Studies
>>   University of Pennsylvania
>>   Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
>>
>>   Phone:  (215) 898-7475
>>   Fax:  (215) 573-2138
>>
>>   Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
>>   http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/
>>
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