KINEJAPAN digest 806

[Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano]

Dear KineJapan Members,

As for Aaron's pointed out concerning the review, I've noticed it as well.  I
thought, as Aaron describes here, that the review genuinely lacks any depth of
thought on either his article or the whole book.  I would just let it go since
the writer of the review does not even take any responsibility for his/her
words by making it anonymous.  This is, I believe, the downside of amazon
reviews.  Don't feel so bad, Aaron.

Best regards,

Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano

> Subject: Re: Bad review
> Date: Fri, 9 Aug 02 17:31:25 +0900
> From: Aaron Gerow <gerow at ynu.ac.jp>
> To: "KineJapan" <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>
> As manager of this list I must immediately apologize for mistakingly
> sending a mail intended for one list member to the entire list. An
> elementary mistake but one which is inexcusable for someone who is
> supposed to be managing the list. I'd appreciate it if people just ignore
> the mail.
>
> However, the mail does include comments which might concern KineJapan
> members since many participated in writing the book in question or have
> read or supported the book in other ways. Seeing a bad review which I
> consider to be very unreasonable was a bit shocking and, seeing it for
> the first time, I promptly notified the other editor of the book. In
> doing so I lightly speculated on who wrote the anonymous review, though,
> as I wrote in the mail, it is ultimately a matter of little concern to
> me. Still, I fear that someone may be offended by that remark--which was
> never intended for public viewing--and if that is the case, I sincerely
> apologize. I wholeheartedly welcome criticism of my work (although I
> would appreciate it in a more reasoned, public manner which does not hurt
> the other authors of the book) and I in no way want to single anyone out
> on a personal level for recrimination. It was just a spell of curiosity.
>
> Again, I am sincerely sorry for the mistake. Honto ni menboku nai....
>
> Aaron Gerow
> Yokohama National University
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