Date:  Thu, 6 Oct 1994 08:45:19 EDT

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: replying to individuals



This and ARTHURNET are two very friendly lists. Those of you who have been

on CHAUCERNET and MEDTEXTL, as I have been, know that some people on some

lists are downright foul and nasty, telling students to go somewhere else

to ask questions, telling fellow scholars to go to the library and do their

own work, and telling everyone to go to hell for merely existing. No one

here seems to mind questions about common knowledge, and the system itself

does not send you an insulting list of frequently asked questions (FAQ's)

the way a certain long-winded medieval English list does.



No, the ADS is, unlike other professional organizations and groups,

composed of self-actuated, friendly folks, trained to discuss theory and to

discuss "funny words used around here for various things."



Here's to one of the few professional societies with a sense of humanity

and a sense of humor. NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE HERE.





Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu