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Subject: remember, Weber was a pessimist, too
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On Sat, 8 Jun 1996, Douglas Clayton Smith wrote:

 (aside from "Just a few comments on the Slater debate"...)

: Doug Smith
: Future Unemployed Sociologist

and 
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: Chad C. Mulligan was a sociologist.  He gave it up.  - John Brunner
:                                                        Stand On Zanzibar
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 Hey Doug, 

  I appreciate you're sense of humor about our field. I am reminded of a 
line attributed to Max Weber, who allegedly, when asked why he was doing 
sociology, said in reply, "to see how much of it I can take"

Tom Conroy