Hey, Jeff.
   Sorry to hear you are thinking of unsubscribing. I have always valued
your perspectives and your contributions from back when you posted and
presented at our conferences. I was happy to see you at 4C's, glad to
hear you're still fighting the good fight down in Louisiana.
   Reviving the other list is still a live possibility. I appreciate the
vote for it. ATEG, by its very nature, has to be a big tent. I worry,
though, that the best people are too frustrated to continue.

Craig
Well this is a new low, isn't it?
>
> I've been following this list for, what, 10 years now? I even used to
> contribute once in while. I've seen lots of bullies come and go--enough to
> make me decide I didn't want to be an active contributor anymore. Brad
> isn't the biggest bully I've seen, just the most obnoxious.
>
> Still, posting this guy's personal information (correct or not) steps way
> beyond any line I've seen crossed before. Not even Brad deserves that. It
> just isn't done. Ever.
>
> So now I actually feel ashamed to be a list member at all, like some idle
> voyeur who's snuck a peak at one too many domestic fights in the house
> next door. Now I know where it all ends.
>
> Enough then. I'll send in my unsuscribe request. Craig, if you ever want
> to get the other old list going again (I worry about publicizing the name
> here), then please let me know. I do miss that smaller but far more
> respectful, professional, productive list.
>
> Jeff
>
> Dr. Jeff Wiemelt
> Director of Freshman English
> Editor, Journal of College Writing
> English, Box 10861
> Southeastern Louisiana University
> Hammond, LA 70402
> 985-549-5761
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Richard Wallis
>   To: [log in to unmask]
>   Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 12:07 PM
>   Subject: Feeding the "Brad" troll: Just don't do it!
>
>
>   Surely you all recognize by now the actions of an Internet troll. Why do
> you continue to engage it in discussion?
>
>
>
>   Internet trolls thrive on calling attention to themselves and to their
> own peculiar ideas. They will never change their tactics, and they will
> never concede anything. Every mailing list seems to have one or two of
> these sociopaths. They enjoy the frustration and infuriation that their
> endlessly repeated postings cause.
>
>
>
>   Brad Johnston, who lives in Warrenton, Virginia, is 78 years old (born
> on December 18). He is not a linguist; in fact, he was probably never an
> English teacher. He apparently doesn't have a graduate degree. He was in
> the class of 1952 at Wabash College (Indiana) and a member of something
> called the Sphinx Club there. He attended Shortridge High School in
> Indianapolis.
>
>
>
>   I cannot begin to understand why respected teachers and linguists
> continue to respond at all to him. You are giving him the attention and
> "respect" that he so desperately craves -- and that he apparently lacks
> elsewhere in his sad little life.
>
>
>
>   Don't feed the troll!!
>
>
>
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