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From: Matthew Hoover <m.hoover@csu-e.csuohio.edu>
Subject: Bad writing competition
I posted the "bad writing competition" anouncement not because of any animus
with postmodern theory, but because of my struggles with the arcane, 
convoluted language used by many theorists.  I happen to believe that many
of the insights of the postmodern perspective are helpful in understanding
our modern world, but there is no reason why it has to written in this manner.

The purpose of scholarly dialog is to make your views clear to people.  I do not
judge what is good writing verses bad writing, the only criteria I use is
whether
or not it is comprehensible.  There is no place for verbiage and nonsensical 
language in the sociological literature.

Matt
m.hoover@popmail.csuohio.edu