<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <DIV>Kelley said:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>>because you complaints about my structuralist perspective--something you<BR>>picked up from rob--were misplaced in the earlier thread. for instance, in<BR>>response to mina, you complained about structuralism and then tried to<BR>>replace strcuturalism with a discussion of unconscious motivations. well,<BR>>that's perfectly consistent with structuralism.  similarly, the comments<BR>>you offered as "critique" recently were attempts to criticize the author,<BR>>but didn't advance past the author's own framework, simply repeated them:<BR>>you weren't addressing the author's explanation of why rape occurs (what<BR>>causes rape). the author was talking about the effects of people accepting<BR>>rape as "just the way it is" or "not caring". your comment made little<BR>>sense to me, and i interpreted it as following the same misguided<BR>>assumptions about structuralist analyses in the last thread.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Interesting that I can't critique, only make complaints by your lights.  Better to leave it to the experts, eh?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ok, I see I don't understand enough about structuralism; I'll get on it.  If I made a mistake in characterizing what I thought was structuralism, please pardon me.<BR></DIV> <DIV>><BR>>now, when you get a moment, please elaborate precisely how i'm a big bully.<BR>>it wasn't a joke, because you already said that same thing offlist, twice.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I meant the remark in fun, as I've said.  When I first came on the list, I characterized you as a "fun" person who likes to joke.  I offered the "bully" title as a friendly joke, acknowledging that you can do to me intellectually what a bully can do on a playground to a much weaker child i.e. "beat me up".  It was done in the same spirit as the Mater Superior remark: playfully.  I honestly don't remember, in the recent past, any other time I've called you a bully offlist.  I'm very sorry if you've taken offense at my attempts at humor.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>>if you can't concretize your complaints, i cannot take them seriously.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I guess I can't do it to your satisfaction.  Again, my apologies.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Todd</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>><BR>>kelley<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href='http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></html>