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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Listeros,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Generally, I enjoy the back and forth on this list. However, this latest
thread must have taken a wrong turn in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Albuquerque</st1:place></st1:City>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I don’t think I need to defend Michael’s character--nobody should
be judged, much less condemned, by a couple of e-mails, a medium which lacks
all the subtleties of live communication such as tone and gestures which may,
for instance, indicate humor or irony. If nothing else, the current conversation
has highlighted the importance of having as much context as possible before
risking an interpretation. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I would simply suggest we stop nursing our respective sensibilities,
cease the personal attacks and refocus the conversation on Nahua language and
culture. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Respetuosamente,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Pablo <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>PS: I will preemptively say that I do think some of the issues raised regarding
scholarship are important and should be discussed, but I certainly find the
tone, and perhaps the venue, inappropriate. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>“Let the honest scholar who has never concocted a crackpot theory
cast his reflection in the smoking mirror.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Pablo García<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Modern Languages and Literatures<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Saint Anselm College<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>pgarcia@anselm.edu</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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