On Thu, 8 Apr 1993 16:19:48 EDT Benjamin Leontief Alpers said:
 
>3) Finally (this may be a minority view) I even appreciate the responses
>to filmographic requests.  First, I am often interested in these lists.
>Second, I recognize that, if replies were not posted, EVERYONE would send the
>same list of films to the poor person requesting them.
 
It's not the public responses to filmographic requests that are objectionable.
Ben is right: others may be interested in a particular category.
 
What I find objectionable is the way these requests trigger "stream of
consciousness" responses and personal musings that are not appropriate
to a list devoted to the >>study<< of film.  Lists like CINEMA-L are
available for folks who want to utter their personal, unsubstantiated,
uncritical, uninteresting opinions.  Or they might try the local tavern
or dorm lounge or pizza parlor.
 
Cal Pryluck, Radio-Television-Film, Temple University, Philadelphia
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