With apologies

[Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj]

Remedy:  hit delete and go on.


                Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj




At 10:06 -0700 9/14/2001, Jack Kollmann wrote:
>Dear friends (small "f"),
>
>        My two cents on behalf of keeping the SEELANGS list on topic:
>        (1) It is bothersome to open SEELANGS mailings only to read
>material that is outside the subject area of our list -- time wasted
>reading through the item to see if it turns out, after all, to be on topic,
>frustration discovering that one's "SEELANGS" moment of concentration at
>the computer has been diverted to another subject, in this case a subject
>about which we already have access to a plethora of information and points
>of view (including views similar to Mr. Jameson's).
>        (2) Beyond being bothered, such submissions can be painful to
>read.  We are all in mourning in various ways, we are all attempting to
>translate (to use an appropriate SEELANGS term) the national tragedy into
>what it means in our own lives and to decide what we think national
>post-tragedy policy should be.  While we are in mourning, I suggest that it
>is intrusive and cruel to present one's political views on this list that
>is intended for scholars of Slavic and East European Languages
>(SEELANGS).  To take Mr. Jameson's submission as an example:  while I
>sympathize with some of his points and can appreciate the sincerity of his
>convictions, some of what he says offends and pains me.  I won't say what
>and how, because that would continue this unfortunate thematic deflection
>of (assault on?) our list.  I feel as if Mr. Jameson (and some previous
>contributors) has grabbed my arm at a funeral of a loved one (I'm a captive
>audience at the funeral, just as I am on this distribution list) and
>whispered things in my ear about the deceased, about the meaning of the
>victim's death, and about what we should all do as a result -- some of
>which things I disagree with and which offend me, disturb me, and which I
>find inappropriate to the occasion (the funeral, the list).  Please, please
>stop.  Please choose another forum in which to vent your well-intended
>wisdom on how we should interpret our national tragedy.
>
>        To those who respond to my plea, I thank you.
>
>Respectfully,
>
>Jack Kollmann
>Stanford University
>
>
>
>
>At 12:07 PM 9/14/01 +0100, you wrote:
>>Dear Colleagues,
>>Britain's experience of IRA terrorism (many horrific large-scale
>>city bombings and 30 years of insurgency) leads me to the
>>following conclusions:
>>
>>(You'll only hear from me once about this.)
>>
>>Andrew Jameson
>>Member, Lancaster Monthly Meeting
>>Society of Friends (Quakers)
>
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