What America does or doesn't do has international consequences for people all over the world and hearing their opinions is vitally important to me! ________________________________________ From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of John's Email [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 3:50 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Boycott by International scholars??? Saying "hissy fit" and "get over it" feels VERY UN-Twain!!!! Shame!! +++++++++++++ John Greenman The distance between individual stars is so huge that it is possible for one= galaxy to slip through another galaxy without a collision between any of th= e billions of stars involved.=20 And you're worried about returning a late library book? -Eric Idle Archive.org audio recordings Audiobooks from Librivox +++++++++++++++ > On Feb 1, 2017, at 12:35 PM, Gina Sully <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >=20 > Dear Warren, >=20 > It doesn't feel like hissy fits to those of us whose identities are being > demonized. Thank you for your compassion and support. >=20 > Yours, > Gina >=20 >=20 >=20 > ____________________________ > Gina M. Sully, Ph.D. > Director, UNLV Writing Center > Associate Editor, *Popular Culture Review* > University of Nevada, Las Vegas > 4505 S. Maryland Parkway > Box 455043 > Las Vegas, NV 89154-5043 >=20 > pronouns: she, her, hers >=20 > I am a Green Dot. <https://www.unlv.edu/srwc/greendot> >=20 > Desk: 702.895.3749 > Fax: 702.895.4480 > Email: [log in to unmask] >=20 > http://writingcenter.unlv.edu > http://fwpca.org >=20 >=20 > *The only person who never fails is the person who never tries.* >=20 > On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Warren Miller < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: >=20 >> If people outside our country want a say in how we do things, they have a= >> simple solution: Become an American citizen. Until/unless they do that, >> their opinions about America and/or about how we do things and/or what we= >> do don't a damned thing to me. . .or, I'd bet, to any American who can >> think half-way logically. I suspect that what I'm saying here will offend= >> any number of Hard-Left colleagues in this Forum. For the record, I didn'= t >> vote for Trump. I wouldn't be caught dead voting for Trump. But, like it o= r >> not, he's the POTUS now, and everyone wetting their pants and throwing >> hissy-fits just needs to grow up and get over it. >>=20 >>> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>=20 >>> Folks, I thought some of you might like to see this, especially as the >>> deadline for August's MT conference in Elmira looms. >>>=20 >>> Personally I would strongly encourage our beloved overseas scholars to >>> submit and to come to Elmira in August. I can tell you that for me, >> having >>> our wonderful overseas guests come and participate means a lot, and is >>> always one of the highlights of the conference. The "International" par= t >>> of the conference title is important to us all. PLEASE COME, and fear >>> not: >>>=20 >>> https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/31/protest- >>> trump-entry-ban-some-scholars-are-boycotting-us-based- >>> conferences?goal=3D0_1fcbc04421-0f5839dc04-197446313&mc_cid=3D >>> 0f5839dc04&mc_eid=3D58f0af41d7 >>>=20 >>> We all can see these are strange times in America; but PLEASE COME, and= >>> fear not: >>>=20 >>> -hb >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> -- >>> Prof. Harold K. Bush >>> Professor of English >>> 3800 Lindell >>> Saint Louis University >>> St. Louis, MO 63108 >>> 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) >>> <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml> >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> -- >> *Warren D. Miller, CFA, ASA, CPA* >> *Founder - LinkedIn's Strategy Reading Group <http://bit.ly/AboutSRG>* >>=20 >> *Beckmill Research, LLC* >> *Lexington, Virginia* >>=20