Author: [log in to unmask] Date: 12/11/94 4:02 PM [Editor's note: This message was submitted to SCREEN-L by the "Author" noted above, and not by Jeremy Butler ([log in to unmask]).] I must protest the posting of this petition regarding prop. 187. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the scholarly study of film and television, rather is a partisan political initiative. The posting is manifestly totally inappropriate for such a forum and should be removed at once. Further, the MLA has no standing as such to have any special expertise in immigration law and is an inappropriate venue for such a petition. Signing such a petition, I am sure, will discredit the reputation of any film or television scholar who is foolish enough to participate, since it would reveal a lack of prudence. I would appreciate receiving, via private email if not in the public postings, the putative intellectual justification of the SCREEN-L editor for admitting this posting. Precisely which scholarly criteria did this prop. 187 posting supposedly meet in relation to the study of film and television? Larry Jarvik, PhD Director, Washington Office, Center for the Study of Popular Culture