You are right about this of course. My apologies. I would think, however, that the reactions of random pseudonymous people would be fairly low on a student's list of worries. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Guidry Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 6:31 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Trolls On 5/17/07, Julie Cohen <jec@law.georgetown.edu> wrote:
None of us is a shrinking violet; we all have experience publishing
and standing behind
our own words.
I'm not sure that is the necessarily the case. Many subscribers are students; I seem to even recall an undergrad or two posting to the list in the time I've been subscribed. I also seem to remember that some of us are practitioners and not full-time, published scholars, professors, or teachers. I am very comfortable in my ever-evolving, shifting, and multiple roles but to project that comfort and sense of authority and experience onto others seems a bit unwise. I would also assert that part of this organization's duties, implicit or explicit, is the nurturing of new talent and assisting new, inexperienced, or shy would-be contributors, particularly students. Given the interdisciplinary nature of our work, I would also imagine there are some among us who have no local support for the work we do and the interests we exhibit (folks in my profession certainly don't know what to make of me sometimes!). Hence some of this dialog is, perhaps unconsciously, focused on the future rather than the past. It's related not just to present and past behavior but expectations of (and hopes for) future behavior. Kevin _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/