tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post1941932086123525552..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: Sincerest Form Of FlatteryLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-68909713944538905732014-11-10T06:36:20.494-05:002014-11-10T06:36:20.494-05:00Blow your own horn much? Oh yeah, I forgot who I w...Blow your own horn much? Oh yeah, I forgot who I was writing to. All you do is blow your own horn. And the only reason the drunkeness made it to national news is because you can't shut up about it. Cheap sensationalism will never replace actual journalism. Every chance you get you bring sensational pictures back. How many times will you show the same images?<br /><br />When will you get a real job and stop living off the government?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-6039971209157736492014-11-09T21:03:35.891-05:002014-11-09T21:03:35.891-05:00See the American Psychological
Association Style ...See the American Psychological <br />Association Style Guide. It says use "gays & lesbians" so I do.Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-81523893720069948832014-11-09T16:55:29.674-05:002014-11-09T16:55:29.674-05:00You're not alone in referring to "gays &q...You're not alone in referring to "gays "and "lesbians." Lesbians Are gay. I've always wondered why the distiction. Does the isle of Lesbos figure into things that much? In need of enlightenment here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-66454181235663622782014-11-09T10:41:42.580-05:002014-11-09T10:41:42.580-05:00Even more than our attitude towards smoking, what ...Even more than our attitude towards smoking, what is striking when you think about it is how our attitude toward non-heterosexuality has changed over the past 25 years.<br /><br />A crime in the 1960's and formally defined as a "mental illness" until 1973, gays & lesbians were very much "in the closet" in the 1980's. We've gone from that to <a href="http://www.massrmv.com/rmv/forms/21816.pdf" rel="nofollow"><b><i>THIS</i></b></a> -- your gender is now whatever you think it is...<br /><br />Change comes quickly -- and the results are often quite different from what anyone wo9ld have expected. I think you're going to find that happening with your efforts to stop UM students from drinking....Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-54801035028474712532014-11-09T09:48:29.487-05:002014-11-09T09:48:29.487-05:00Smoking and drinking still legal despite efforts o...Smoking and drinking still legal despite efforts of Carrie Nation, thank goodness. I do hope that the ban of public smoking will apply to marijuana as well. I don't want that 2nd-hand stuff in my lungsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-78644146808574878042014-11-09T07:36:22.740-05:002014-11-09T07:36:22.740-05:00Thanks.
Sometimes I forget how contentious and ...Thanks. <br /><br />Sometimes I forget how contentious and hard fought the Smoking Ban was, just prior to the rise of the Internet.<br /><br />Especially since now it's such a commonly accepted -- even expected -- kind of thing.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-60095416469054460552014-11-08T20:36:01.727-05:002014-11-08T20:36:01.727-05:00Kudos Larry,
Keep pushing this issue - your effor...Kudos Larry,<br /><br />Keep pushing this issue - your efforts to stomp out tobacco smoking (in public places) resulted in a significant tobacco use reduction overall (replicated in many other places around the world). Similar tactics might work for alcohol (think of all the collective collateral damage from alcohol intoxication as the analogue of second hand smoke)?<br /><br />-YF<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-22312296142486539822014-11-08T15:45:29.203-05:002014-11-08T15:45:29.203-05:00Yes, and I wonder how many kids have to die from a...Yes, and I wonder how many kids have to die from a heroin OD, or commit suicide, before they will get serious about treating it rather than just covering it up after the fact.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-65044009253248673772014-11-08T15:35:15.238-05:002014-11-08T15:35:15.238-05:00So this means that there's some critical mass ...So this means that there's some critical mass of shame which will cause the UMass administration to take action to address student behavior?<br /><br />Good to know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-66929260400283087212014-11-08T12:27:49.332-05:002014-11-08T12:27:49.332-05:00Yeah well after Blarney 2014 made the Boston Globe...Yeah well after Blarney 2014 made the Boston Globe, N.Y. Times, Time Magazine and many of the TV networks, I'm not surprised.<br /><br />But where were they three years ago when I (pretty much single-handedly) first starting covering it.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-31425666108622672202014-11-08T11:47:52.810-05:002014-11-08T11:47:52.810-05:00I've been told by a senior member of the UMass...I've been told by a senior member of the UMass faculty that there is a lot of work currently going on behind scenes about alcohol in general and the blarney blowout specifically.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com