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Dear All My comment about the Delete key seems to have upset some people - I'm sorry. First - it was meant to go to Pete, not the whole group. Second, I was NOT suggesting lack of respect for Pete or anybody. My referenced to the 'Delete key' related to the other email messages that people are complaining of i.e. "If you don't like it, use the Dxxx key". I hope this clarifies and apologise again. JOHN BIBBY -----Original Message----- From: John Bibby [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 18 July 2007 22:12 To: 'PHL'; [log in to unmask] Subject: A clear case for my Delete key, RE: Whose freedom? A clear case for my Delete key, me-thinks! JOHN BIBBY PS: Away now till September: please cc any urgent emails to [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: email list for Radical Statistics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of PHL Sent: 18 July 2007 12:31 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Whose freedom? Hi For ten years I had the honour and the pleasure to be the Rad Stats Administrator. With no diminution of my admiration of the work Alison does in administering the list (a pretty thankless task), the other admin is the dull routine of receiving and paying in money on behalf of Rad Stats, responding to requests of all kinds, referring things up to the Troika, putting the organisation in behind the Conferences, producing the mailings, etc., etc., etc. A job now ably taken on by someone else. The point is there is a real material organisation behind the virtual. Serviced by real material volunteer radical statisticians supported by an administrator. Something beyond spewing out idle thoughts in an idle moment. I worked for it because from its inception in 1975 (?) it was and is part of that frail counter-hegemonic infrastructure that is vital to a (hopefully) better and more humane human future. These are bad times but the wheel is turning - a little - again. Meanwhile, personally I would be ruthless with keyboard jockeys who feel they can exercise their "freedom of speech" anywhere they damn well choose at no material or organisational cost to themselves. Especially if we know that the consequences of their "analysis" is the massive, often fatal, denial of "freedom of speech" to untold others. But a non-statistician I do take consolation from the fact that this kind of exchange seems to have an a\nnual cycle strongly linked to the academic year - notably those brief periods of lull in activity between marking and results. Best wishes to my good friends in Rad Stats - as you know, the real work you do matters. Pete ****************************************************** Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of this message. If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically to [log in to unmask] Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are the views of the sender and cannot be assumed to be representative of the range of views held by subscribers to the Radical Statistics Group. To find out more about Radical Statistics and its aims and activities and read current and past issues of our newsletter you are invited to visit our web site www.radstats.org.uk. ******************************************************* ****************************************************** Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of this message. If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically to [log in to unmask] Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are the views of the sender and cannot be assumed to be representative of the range of views held by subscribers to the Radical Statistics Group. To find out more about Radical Statistics and its aims and activities and read current and past issues of our newsletter you are invited to visit our web site www.radstats.org.uk. *******************************************************