4.1027 Humanist: Politics &c. (7/106)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Wed, 13 Feb 91 22:43:58 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 1027. Wednesday, 13 Feb 1991.


(1) Date: Wed, 13 Feb 91 22:34:07 EST (14 lines)
From: Allen Renear <EDITORS@BROWNVM>
Subject: Apologies

(2) Date: Sun, 10 Feb 91 22:04:51 CST (21 lines)
From: Richard Goerwitz <goer@sophist.uchicago.edu>
Subject: misplaced posting

(3) Date: Mon, 11 Feb 91 09:22:42 EST (13 lines)
From: Karen Kay <LL23%NEMOMUS.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: 4.1010 Humanist: Politics on Humanist

(4) Date: Mon, 11 Feb 91 21:10:27 EST (8 lines)
From: "Kathryn Wright, Indiana State University" <LIBKAT@INDST>
Subject: Postings from Israel

(5) Date: 12 Feb 91 07:38:00 EST (23 lines)
From: "HALPORN,JAMES,CLAS" <halpornj@ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: PLEA

(6) Date: Wednesday, 13 Feb 1991 11:05:55 EST (19 lines)
From: "Patrick J. O'Donnell" <U1095@WVNVM>
Subject: 4.1020 On the War

(7) Date: Tue, 12 Feb 91 23:43:37 MST (8 lines)
From: John Morris <JMORRIS@UALTAVM>
Subject: The most recent posting On The War

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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 91 22:34:07 EST
From: Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear <EDITORS@BROWNVM>
Subject: Apologies


The mail from Richard Goerwitz (in digest 4.1010) regarding the
appropriateness of political postings on Humanist was intended as
personal mail to the Editors and not as a contribution to the list.
It was posted in error. My apologies to Richard and the list.

-- Allen

( I know ... this is going to make everyone think twice before
sending us private mail!)

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Date: Sun, 10 Feb 91 22:04:51 CST
From: Richard Goerwitz <goer@sophist.uchicago.edu>
Subject: misplaced posting

My last blurb on the war was intended as a personal note to
the editors, and was addressed to EDITORS, and not HUMANIST
at BROWNVM. It was not intended for mass distribution.

I do feel that war talk is getting way out of hand, and that
people who want to discuss it at length with people interested
in such things should find media that are more appropriate for
it. This was an opinion I wished to share only with the modera-
tors, in the event that they have been receiving similar com-
munications or having similar doubts about the way this medium
is being used.

If the posting seemed a misdirected, this is why.

-Richard

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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 91 09:22:42 EST
From: Karen Kay <LL23%NEMOMUS.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: 4.1010 Humanist: Politics on Humanist (2/88)

> structured for talk of tyrants, bombs, and gas masks. Usenet, in
> particular, is well suited for such talk, and newsreading software
> is available for that medium that makes categorization and proces-
> sing of the vast information flow much.

Some of us are at small schools that are lucky to get BITNET access, and
have no Usenet or Internet access. You can always delete!
Karen Kay
LL23@NEMOMUS
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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 91 21:10:27 EST
From: "Kathryn Wright, Indiana State University" <LIBKAT@INDST>
Subject: Postings from Israel

Just a quick opinion on the dissent against their political content et
al - for me, these postings represent news from part of the Humanist
family, in danger, and they are valuable. Put them in Listserv's lock
box if they are not safe on the open forum.

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Date: 12 Feb 91 07:38:00 EST
From: "HALPORN,JAMES,CLAS" <halpornj@ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: PLEA

To save scrolling down through messages of no particular interest and
which run on and on, would it be possible to put something over 30
lines on the LISTSERVER for those interested to retrieve on their own
time?

I refer to:

1. Conference Announcements: the last one included even a form to fill
out!

2. The war diaries from Israel. Like Lakoff's tendentious essay,
this material should be retrieved by those interested in issues
peripheral to this board. Quick reminder for poor readers: I am not
saying the issues are in themselves "peripheral"; they are irrelevant
to HUMANIST and its basic intentions.

Thank you.
J.W. Halporn

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Date: Wednesday, 13 Feb 1991 11:05:55 EST
From: "Patrick J. O'Donnell" <U1095@WVNVM>
Subject: 4.1020 On the War (5/282)

I wonder if it would be possible for Professor Kessler not to resort to
personal invective when he is expressing his opinion on this network. I
believe in absolute freedom of speech, and I would not have anyone
censored in any way, but I think it would be helpful if he could refrain
from referring to colleagues as mealy-mouthed or as demagogues. Lakoff
has a right to his opinions, and since he (and others, like myself) are
in a clear minority in this country right now in regarding the war as a
mistake, those opinions ought to be allowed expression without resorting
to Kessler's invective, which is, after all, an attempt to silence those
opinions. I much prefer Judy Koren's response from Israel: if _she_ can
keep her cool, sitting in the midst of incoming SCUD attacks, then it
would seem not to much to ask for Kessler to do the same, sequestered as
he is in Westwood.

Patrick O'Donnell

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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 91 23:43:37 MST
From: John Morris <JMORRIS@UALTAVM>
Subject: The most recent posting On The War

Shame on you, Jascha Kessler. And shame on the rest of you.

I can no longer bear hearing the loss of human life described as
an "unfortunate side-effect." Signing off.