At 2:27 PM +0000 10/31/00, taguebwREMOVE at wfu.edu wrote:
>In article <39FE1B25.794EA15F at hotmail.com>, notmyaddress at hotmail.com (SLF)
>wrote:
>> > As you may recall, some time ago I described to you some derogatory
> > remarks about women in a recent issue of the MIT alumni association
> > magazine , which occupies a section in a rather good science magazine
> > called TECHNOLOGY REVIEW. I told you about them, and wrote a letter
> > to the magazine to complain. The new issue has printed
> > both my letter and the editor's response. I'm curious what the readers
> > here think of the response.
>>A quick response: the editor(s) wimped out. They should have taken
>themselves to task for publishing the remarks and they should have
>addressed other issues raised in your letter.
>
I agree, and I think the editors were more focused on the idea of an
alumni magazine being "feel good" when they see themselves as somehow
cutting edge journalism. I think they kind of missed the point.
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