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As one who has participated in the Olympic thread and differed with Stephen
Brophy over his initial post, I now have a better understanding of the nature
of his objections and more or less concur with the following position. Thanks
for clarifying, Stephen.
Alison McKee
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> As the person who started this little tempest with a too-generally
> worded message, I want to say that much of what has been posted in the
> past few days about the ways images of athletes have been constructed
> by TV coverage has been quite interesting, and totally appropriate to
> the purposes of this list. What I was reacting to was a spate of
> Tonya Harding jokes and some speculations about the character of
> another athlete that really had nothing to do with media studies, and
> would have been much more appropriate on alt-gossip. As more people
> get on the internet and join these discussions, we are in danger of
> being inundated in inappropriate messages if we don't set some minimal
> standards and try to abide by them.
> Stephen Brophy
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