on 8/30/02 12:04 PM, Albert Muniz at amuniz_at_depaul.edu wrote:
> Just wanted to check in.
Welcome! Glad to have you here. I'm sure you'll find many on this list
that are eager to help you in your research as appropriate. I, for one, am
glad to be hearing things from the source, rather than filtered through the
(often) high-distortion filter of the press.
> However, these rumors are the focus of a considerable amount
> of discussion, and there are several consistent patterns across incidents.
My take on this is that it's probably best to categorize these rumors as a
form of entertainment (at least on this list). Now, entertainment itself is
a rich area for sociological study and might be an interesting tack for you
to take.
It's good to know that you've taken a much more balanced approach (which is
really what I suspected all along) that's simply been spun a particular way
by journalist that has at least a partial motivation to be generating
webhits on that article.
- Eric.
--Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)
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