Hi Brian, My apologies for not replying before now:
At 12:32 22/11/01 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Keith, >I'll only pick up on one thing you said: > >" Almost every sentence requires examination.". > > I couldn't agree more. The reason for this being that the article is >a very compressed summary of his most recent books mentioned at the >end of the article: "Unequal Freedoms: The Global Market as an >Ethical System" and "The Cancer Stage of Capitalism". McMurtry >provides carefully researched examples to support each of the claims >he makes in the 15 meta-principles . I am very wary of claims similar to the one you make here. We come across them constantly: "As is well known . . . " , "As has been proved by research . . . ". These always occur when there is no validity in the original statement. In his original article -- nay diatribe -- Prof McMurty had plenty of space and words to give straightforward evidence and make a reasoned case. If it has weight enough, even a complex argument can be presented briefly and simply. Best wishes, Keith ___________________________________________________________________ Keith Hudson, Bath, England; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________________
