It has come to my attention that Fiona Oceanstar has used SCREEN-L for an experiment in "flaming" (computer jargon for obnoxious messages, USUALLY sent in the heat of an argument). A message she posted on the WRITERS list explained how she used SCREEN-L to try out the "role of the flamer" by intentionally insulting Eyes' paraphrase of a professor's theory about the horror genre. SCREEN-L is for the study of film and television, not for small-minded pranks such as this. SCREEN-L is also not for the discussion of the politics of flaming. Please do not post messages here about the pluses and minuses of flaming. Let's move on, please, to the intended purpose of SCREEN-L: the lively (but not rude or hurtful) dicussion of film/TV studies. Jeremy Butler SCREEN-L Coordinator ---------- | | Bitnet : JBUTLER@UA1VM | | Jeremy G. Butler - - - - - - - - - - | Internet : [log in to unmask] | | | GEnie : J.BUTLER27 | | | | Telecommunication & Film Dept * The University of Alabama * Tuscaloosa |