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[integer@www.god-emil.dk]

>> Just had a small 'win', while composing this. A publisher just offered
>> a revised contract that doesn't ask for an assignment of all rights. 
>> All i did was ignore the earlier version and they offered reasonable
>> terms. Like the song says: "remember, you're not a slave."
>> 
>> Most writers i know are a wake up to all this. Its academics and artists
>> we have to work on...
>
>really, you talk as though you're the first academic in the world
>to notice that his/her lot in life is precarious. i quite agree
>that teaching students to consider these questions is important--
>that's *exactly* what i teach them, as a matter of fact. but you
>describe class in a very short-term and stratified way, and your
>proposed reform makes clear that students are at best second-class
>citizens in your 'class': they're the ones who would pay more to
>join the ranks in order to benefit those ranks. that, to me, is
>unacceptable: it's the *existing* ranks, who by dint of their age
>have greater access to material opportunity, who should go out of
>their way to give younger people a leg up, even if they do so at
>their own (specific or general) expense. call that 'sacrificial
>labor' if you want, in fact go ahead and do so: the idea that 
>life should involve no sacrifices of this kind is one of the very
>worst legacies of the last few generations, whose stewardship of
>the world they inherited would be laughable if it wasn't so vile.
>if scrambling to join their ranks before the door closes means 
>stepping all over younger people, well then that's a choice that 
>some will maker, i guess. you'd better hope that all those little
>atlases you're creating don't shrug, though. 
>
>cheers,
>t



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