Hi!
Chris Weimer writes:
> I meant no offense. ...
Then please write your posts to make that obvious.
>...
> PS - Have you ever taken a look at some real rather old journal articles
> from the late nineteenth/early twentieth century? Have you ever heard of odium
> philologicum? Politeness isn't the rule in scholarship, and scholarship is
> the only reason why I'm here. If you think that you deserved a "GREAT JOB! I
> LOVE IT!!" then you're in for sore disappointment when you go against more
> hardened academics than me. And if this is what the list demands, then I
> have no problem taking my inquiries elsewhere. Good day.
We believe that politeness does not contradict facts. We're not alone
with this view: the people I have been working with (for many years)
in academia believe the same. Further, politeness does not equal
"GREAT JOB! I LOVE IT!!".
And indeed this list demands politeness.
**Henrik