Date:  Wed, 6 Sep 1995 19:40:04 -0700

From:  Milton Azevedo <ctlntt[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]VIOLET.BERKELEY.EDU>

Subject: Re: English-only



Mikey wrote a message which not everyone on this list

agrees with, and it is perfectly appropriate to take

exception with his ideas. Criticism, however, seems

to degenerate into a kind of commentary (such as

"just which language were you writing in? I couldn't tell")

that is not only inappropriate, but also entirely out of

keeping with what should be the professional tenor of

a list like this one. If we are here to discuss ideas,

decorum is essential --and not just a minimum of it. If

some participants choose to ignore this norm, the best

thing others can do is to ignore them altogether

instead of taking pot-shot at them in a manner that

does not contribute to clarify the issues at hand.



Milton Azevedo

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Prof. Milton Azevedo       Dept of Spanish & Portuguese

Univ of California, Berkeley   Berkeley CA 94720 - USA

E-MAIL: ctlntt[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]violet.berkeley.edu Tel. (510) 642-0471 or -2116

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