> > Department of English, University of Louisville > Phone: (502)852-6770 or (502)852-6801. Fax: (502)852-4182. > I'm posting this on the list rather than to J. Crill personally so that others > thers who agree will know that such a response has already been sent. Some > responses: 1) This listserv is not just for asking if people have knowledge of > something: it's a discussion group. Your notion of its function seems to me > far toonarrow. 2) I, for one, am very often interested in the responses to > questions I didn't pose--for instance, the one about couples and violence. I > enjoy seeing others' responses, and learn from them. 3) Re issues where one > has little interest, one can always just delete messages whose subject lines > indicate that they're responses on those issues. 4) Actually, I think the list > has gotten pretty boring lately because it has been too much confined just to > inquiries--I hope that soon we can get another good discussion going on a > particular film, like recent ones on THE PIANO and SCHINDLER'S LIST. 5) I > think the "dial-a-porn" and "phone sex" references are pretty insulting to > those of us who have been responding in good faith. > > bitnet tbbyer01@ulkyvm; internet [log in to unmask] > Thomas B. Byers > Department of English/University of Louisville > Louisville KY 40292 > HERE HERE! WELL STATED!! There's absolutely no need to get nasty and insulting because you don't like some of the parameters of this list. Dianne Brooks [log in to unmask]