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Louis wrote: >I thought I set up a mailing list for the express purpose of >picking at old scabs. > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soviet_legacy/ > Obviously an invitation to end the discussion. I have not joined the "old scab" mailing list,and have no intention to do so, because revolutionary history is not a "scab." True, it can be discussed in a pedantic yet thoroughly uniformed manner and it often is on this list. Still there is often a new insight to be gained or a new source to investigate which comes up in these exchanges. It was not a waste of time to debate the legacy of Fred Hampton and the Black Panther party. Picking on that scab, which started rather inelegantly, produced a piece by Boynton that was one of the finest things I have read here. I will do my best to refrain from discussing anything related to Chna older than yesterday's New York Times, but will no doubt fail. I will respond to Artesian's challenge via out dueling reading lists and leave it that. La Guerre Est Finie ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
