Well I feel I have to respond Ian especially since you sent me some good
references. Right now I am tying in ethnic cleansing of the mentally ill in
England and Scotland in the name of witchcraft because the church could not
maintain the poor females, a polio outbreak, and least I forget someone else
rye mold which is a hallucinogenic.
The paper is turning out to be something quite controversial and different.
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: Thoughts about the list
> I put my hands up as one of the people who occasionally uses this list in
> off-topic ways. I do have a few comments:
> 1. That long term users of any e-mail group tend towards the chatty and
> personal over a period of time; it is a fairly natural and healthy
dynamic.
> 2. I hope the group is wide ranging enough that it can encompass both the
> impersonal academic and more off-the-wall but exploratory issues.
> 3. I agree with some other members that I can get a little tired when the
> group is over-used as a personal support mechanism - but I will emphasize
> 'over-used'.
> 4. To be honest, I would actually welcome more theoretical input into the
> group. However, I find that most members rarely contribute, and that the
> academic ,issues that do come up tend to be of interest to researchers but
> have little to add in terms of insightful practise. I'd urge members to
> explore any of their interests here as long as they are within the scope
of
> the group. Of course that is the question - what is the scope?
>
> Ian.
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