On Thu, 1 Mar 2001 Ashton7@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 3/1/01 10:02:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, nydersdyner@yahoo.co.uk writes:
<< BTW, Una, you've met him-- is Jenkins really this horrible demon bloke who came in and didn't tell anyone bar a few what he was really doing? I read "Textual Poachers" years ago, and while I haven't read it lately, I was shocked to hear Annie say his work was ethically suspect... >>
I did NOT say this.
I thought you did. When you wrote
Apparently, there were a good number of fans who didn't know and didn't take kindly to be the basis of someone's academic lab experiment.
that seemed to me a very clear allegation of unethical practice.
Please do NOT put words in my mouth. That is hardly
"scientific" or "non-biased," or "academic," is it? If you are going to repeatedly misinterpret and twist people's words, it's no wonder that they will equate your "study" of them as akin to being a lab rat with no say in the matter.
I never categorized Jenkins as "ethically suspect"
I thought you had. If that wasn't what you meant, perhaps you should have written more clearly.
or some sort of "horrible
demon bloke." In fact, I very carefully pointed out that he corresponded directly with both Leah and myself and that *we personally* had NO problems with anything he said or did. That doesn't change the fact that other fans over the years DID have problems with it.
Were these fans who had taken part in a study? If so, and they had problems with it, that still suggests unprofessional conduct on the studier's part -- and that's something which should be discussed explicitly, not left as a vague insinuation. If they weren't part of a study, they can stop whining.
Iain