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     Ok. What does this have to do with anything?
     
     I take this as a professional insult. I can tolerate folks like D. 
     Burt calling me names, but this post is downright unethical.
     
     Mr. Rez, does it occur to you that I can give an opinion as a 
     professional and not as a representative of my fine organization? Or 
     should the folks on this list keep their professional opinions in line 
     with the official views of their employing institution?
     
     As I have said elsewhere, on the job I will do everything I can to 
     abide by the wishes of my institution. However, as a professional I 
     have the right to make my opinions known which may contradict the 
     views of my employer.
     
     I had heard that David Burt was saying that some people were calling 
     his employer and complaining about what he was saying in various 
     library forums. This should be deplored because we should all have the 
     right to speak out professionally. As much as I disagree with David, 
     when I heard about this a shudder went down my spine.
     
     If this was a list about copyright I could go on about my efforts to 
     reach a compromise at an etext site I co-founded (one of the oldest on 
     the Internet). Most of the material in the archive is anti-copyright 
     and most of the archive administrators are against copyright. But we 
     do have some copyright materials and would like to secure more, so we 
     have had to reach a compromise.
     
     Believe me, I'm no newbie to this subject.
     
     Chuck
     Whose opinions are his, is that clear?