Thomas Lunde wrote:
>
> Dear Mr. Bass:
>
> I feel the need to respond to your compliant about fixed views and
> because the writing of "point of view" takes a little time, please
> bear with me.
>
> First as to the focus of FW, and let me qualify that I have only
> subscribed to this list for slightly over 6 months and therefore do
> not have tenure.
[snip]
I (BMcC) am not sure how long I've been on this list, but it has
been for rather a longer time than 6 months, and FW has been
my "#1" mailing list in terms of feeling it has been
worh my time/effort to participate in it ([EMAIL PROTECTED] is my
#2, and after that thee's not much...).
> This list has attracted a small number of people such as Charles
> Mueller on monopolies, Jay Hanson on petroleum, Sally Lerner on a
> Basic Income, Arthur Cordell on alternative ways of thinking about an
> economy, Barry Brooks on durability, Ed Weick on the status quo, Tom
> Walker on payroll taxes and labour history and others who join in and
> contribute a particular expertise developed from looking at the
> problem from a fixed viewpoint.
[snip]
Isn't this also where Harry Pollard extolls his vision of
Henry George?
>
> For this list to have attracted this variety and quality of viewpoints
> and their advocates reflects the complexity of the problem.
> Individuals such as myself and Brad McCormick try and provide some
> synthesis to this variety while at the same time delight ( and I can
> only speak for myself here) in being provocative in our questions and
> our criticisms. That we have not all went our separate ways at the
> obtuseness of others who hold strong viewpoints is what gives this
> list a vitality that I enjoy and that you and some others don't is
> acceptable but regrettable in the sense that it is not a contribution
> but a rejection.
I (BMcC) remain somewhat surprised that I haven't been
excommunicated....
>
> A now I must take some offense at some postings by Arthur Cordell and
> Sally Lerner in regards to the viewpoint of Charles Mueller and his
> expertise and interest in monopolies.
[snip]
I have previously stated that I agree with TL here: If one has no
interest in Charles Mueller's postings, one can delete them.... I
certainly do not read them all in detail (nor do I understand everything
that
CM writes), but I have found value in his postings and I have *not*
found his postings to be disruptive....
>
> So I end this post and defense of the current list as it is. I
> apologize in advance if I have offended anyone by my characterizations
> of their viewpoint or contribution, this is a personal statement based
> on my unique experience - not a general or world truth.
>
> Respectfully,
Ditto. "Yours in discourse..." (ref.: Habermas)
\brad mccormick
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