Re: My Topic Area ratings may not agree with yours

["Tracy Gonos and Paul Hayes" <tgonos@umich.edu>]

Is this a joke???????????????  I sincerely hope so.

Paul

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> From: tjewell@unm.edu
> To: Issues concerning CEDA Debate   <CEDA-L@cornell.edu>
> Subject: Re: My Topic Area ratings may not agree with yours
> Date: Thursday, May 01, 1997 11:19 AM
> 
> Colleagues:
> 
> I think its unprofessional, unconscionable, and indefensible (at least) 
> for Dr. Tuna to express his opinions on the topic or any other CEDA
> business matter publicly.  These decisions are better made with the quiet
> counsel of equals and without the pressure of public scrutiny or the
> possibility that his opinions might affect others.  After all, with his
> having achieved the status of an exalted one, it is demeaning and
> dispiriting to see him enter the public discourse as a plebian. 
> 
> The CEDA heirarchy are over-paid for their meager service but that does
> not mean that they should attempt to justify their filthy lucre by
> lowering themselves to entering the public fray.  But when they do, their
> edicts, shallowly concealed as personal opinions, should be treated with
> fear and reverence, for they have the force of law and the essence of
holy
> writ. 
> 
> Don't tread on me.  Long live the King Fish!  Yada, yada, yada. (or is it
> Yoda, Yoda, Yoda? [for some reason I can't communicate without
> paretheses]).
> 
> Tom Jewell
> 
> 
>

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