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Re: Taking a joke, or abject apology



I recently allowed myself a chortle over the hyper-sensitivity of librarians as against the robust sense  of humour and self-confidence of archivists.
I was mistaken.

Tim Lovell-Smith
Manuscripts and Archives Section
ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY

http://tapuhi.natlib.govt.nz


>>> Deborah Winkler <Deborah.Winkler@RIAG.COM> 14/03/02 08:54:16 >>>
Michael, well said!

>>To use the ubiquitous counsel of youth, "Chill out, man!"  It's a cartoon!
>>I laughed...guess that makes me a poor archivist.  And I think it is the
>>duty of a good cartoonist to insult the integrity of one or more
presidents.
>>I suspect that the artist really wasn't trying to imply that archivists
>>destroy public documents, just that the former president wants them to.
Get
>>it?  A joke!

>>Michael

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