David,
So the august U of Chicago Blog features discussions where you are
called the same sort of term my 17-year-old daughter would have used a dozen
years ago. ("Mr. Poopyhead" was one of her favorites). And now, perhaps
coming full circle, the former kindergartener has been accepted to U of
Chicago and is really interested in going there (yes, she knows all about
the weather). Then again, I suppose the undergraduate environment is
perhaps more scholarly than the law school!
As for your point about e-mails, I think many of us have long opined
that lots of people (students, faculty, and many others who probably should
be in the great outdoors rather than in front of a computer screen) have no
e-mail manners and simply dash off statements without thinking things
through.
Robert
P.S. Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and Happy Hanukkah!
Robert Emerson
Huber Hurst Professor of Business Law
Warrington College of Business Administration
University of Florida
----- Original Message -----
From: "David W. Opderbeck" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:02 AM
Subject: Science, Religion, and Culture
> Somewhere in our discussions of the Kitzmiller case, I gave a link to the
> U. Chicago Law Faculty Blog. If you haven't had a chance to check out
> Alex
> Altschuler's post about the case on the U. Chicago blog, it's an
> interesting read, for Altschuler's perspective but even more so for the
> commentary that followed it. I made a few comments critical of the
> decision similar to those I made here (agreeing with Altschuler), but
> instead of reasonable discussion like we've had on this list, I was called
> a liar, an idiot, and all sorts of scatalogical terms like "dpoopderbeck."
> It's so disgusting and discouraging that our culture can't seem to handle
> serious discussions about faith, reason, science, policy and religion
> without stuff like "liar" and "dpoopderbeck" popping up. And both sides
> do
> this. Maybe the internet / blog medium is making this problem worse.
>
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