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>What I do find offensive - to the point sometimes of deciding to delete
>unread - is people who are not willing to discuss, merely to lay down the
>law. That's as easy by e-mail as it is in person - easier, in fact: and the
>effect is of an instructor, not a participant: someone (linking to what
>Bruce Byfield said) who is creating a hierarchy, with themselves at the
top.
>Obviously it's not possible to respond to everything! But someone who
>persistently enters debates only to slap other people's opinions down, is
>offensive.
In response to an offlist e-mail: I absolutely didn't intend the above to
refer to Kelley, whose participation in the "Hiring Publications Managers"
thread has been informative, entertaining, and courteous - especially given
that it went kind of offtopic from her original question! (Still don't agree
with you, Kelley - but that's an entirely different matter.)
Jane Carnall
Apologies for the long additional sig: it is added automatically and outwith
my control.
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