My objections are not based on the opinions, but the lack of  
collegial respect. Words like "skanky" are inappropriate on a  
scholarly list. Part of what makes scholarly discourse possible, is  
that one can express any opinion one likes, but it is done without  
recourse to provocative hateful language.  If you were Jewish and I  
called you a kike, or a Moslem and I called you a raghead, perhaps  
the point would be clearer.

-- Stephan

On 15 May 2008, at 16:34, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> I disagree profoundly with the people here who have spoken out in  
> favor of silencing Mr. Southmayd.  I would like to remind everyone  
> here of the words of Thomas Jefferson, in his first inaugural address:


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