A new twist! was Re: [Sca-cooks] remember the 'herbalist'?

[Laura C. Minnick]

Two things-

1)Has Cariadoc seen their (mis)use of his materials in their, and has been
following any of this>, and 2)what does he suggest regarding the
infringment of rights? Does he know a lawyer we should talk to?

another bitchy old crone,
'Lainie

At 08:40 PM 12/16/02 -0500, you wrote:
>On 16 Dec 2002, at 16:40, Pixel, Goddess and Queen wrote:
>
>> Anybody want to alert the legal wranglers at U of C Press?
>>
>> Margaret, instigating
>
>I was of two minds about that.  Then I went to check something on
>her site.  There is now a tirade about us mean people (with a few
>quotes from her friends) on the main page of her site.
>
>http://www.alternative-beauty.com/
>Scroll down to "on the flip side".  Take your blood pressure
>medication (if any) before reading.
>
>Most of their comments are along the lines of
>1. An academic degree doesn't give one the right to be mean to
>other people
>2. and a degree doesn't really mean anything, anyway.
>
>The latter is an 180 degree turn from her earlier contention that only
>someone with a PhD in a relevant field could offer up a valid
>criticism.
>
>The concluding paragraph is:
>
>"So here's the point. Holiday season or not, people need to support
>each other, respect each other; not play judge and jury. We all
>learn at different paces and in different ways. And WE ALL feel hurt
>when others are unkind or unfair whether we call it 'intellectual
>debate' or just downright spite. These things still hurt other people
>and, these are things we all have the ability to change. The 'old
>school' ideal of texts and intellects is becoming obsolete as people
>collectively realize that we do not function head separated from
>heart - but we function best as a WHOLE using both head and
>heart. Differences of opinion aside- we are all a part of the same
>family."
>
>I somewhat suspect that the U of Chicago adheres to "the 'old
>school' ideal of texts and intellects".  And no, I'm not volunteering
>to write the letter.
>
>Brighid, just another dabbling old crone with a degree in "Library
>Science"  :-)
>
>
>Brighid ni Chiarain *** mka Robin Carroll-Mann
>Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
>rcmann4 at earthlink.net
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