Re. Eric's response to my posting on students

[Geoff Hart <geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA>]

 Eric apologized publicly for his "negative" reply to my
 posting on students and a bandwidth problem. Eric, no
 apology necessary... this _is_ a forum for debate, and you
 expressed your disagreement politely and rationally. The
 thing is, I don't think you and I disagreed, thus I don't
 understand why you chose to "rebut" my original message,
 which essentially echoed your sentiments. Allow me to quote
 my own posting:

 <<Today's digest weighed 127K; ...digest size has almost
 doubled since I joined the list, far less than a year
 ago.>>
 I think this point is clear. The current rate of growth
 likely won't continue, but grow the list will. I can't
 receive individual messages, and must read messages on a
 SMALL screen, thus it takes a long time to screen out what
 I don't want to read. I'm not alone in this from what I've
 read on the list. Benefits? See next quote.

 <<This is NOT a suggestion that we keep out students. We
 can learn lots from the ones who get past the "big-boned
 women" comments, and even when we can't, we do have a
 certain measure of responsibility to help our colleagues in
 training, as others have noted.>>
 Isn't this exactly what you noted in your posting? I'm a
 student too, constantly, and I love working with students.
 I'm even hoping to teach a course at a local college next
 year, time permitting.

 So did we disagree, or did I just err by stating unclearly
 that I still perceive a problem that I hope we'll be able to
 solve pleasantly for all?

 --Geoff Hart    @8^{)}
 geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca

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