Jane, We all at some level like to place people into this or that niche. Because of your "loud mouth" and strong righteous positioning, it is easy for me to send a bit of bile your way to be symbolic of a bunch of people's sentiment about speaking your mind openly. "BD piety" I had actually coined for someone else, more acurate for my point would have been more like "eco-activist piety". Even though I niched you for my point, I reacted to what I felt was niching me into the role of timid bystander who still sucks from the tit of the mainstream.
Again, I have spoken openly before, but now is not the time. > PS: A google search on you just shows off your phd I do not have a PhD yet, nor have I lined up a post-doc for when I finsh (soon). Thus the sensitivity. In this biz, until you are established, it is easy to snuff you out or just position you as a wing nut, but after you are established, you can speak up. For example, there is a man up for tenure here who has spoken out against the fertilizer industry and done very good work along those lines. However, his tenure was just blocked by levels above the department (this U. is heavily subsidized by AgBiz). His collaborator here, on the other hand, already has tenure and so is untouchable. so, the point is one of choosing your battles and not needlessly sticking your neck out. There also seems to be a generalized thing in spiritual cirles where more feministic spiritualities like to be vocal, whereas more patriarchal spiritualities like to remain anonymous about exactly who they are, while still quietly guiding/affecting the unfolding of events. I get mad when people start onto the spiritual materialism thing or when people think they know your situation and can preach to you. Peace, Chris __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
