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Whatever Grover sees as peculiar Trotskyist here has to do with political questions. There are also arguments here peculiar to historically Stalinist positions that have to do with political questions. And social democratic and anarchist. Louis can certainly speak for himself, but there's certainly a case to be made for opening personal attacks on people murdered seventy years ago. Getting such stuff flushed right out into the open would make it easier for us to get out our hoses and wash them away...though the waste of water's an issue and the smell's always a problem.... The point is that it opens the door to a permanent and pointless process of venting and flame wars...an ongoing diversion to no clear purpose. Some of us think there might be some merit in keeping the focus on the current implosion of the capitalist system, the uncontrolled capitalist warming of the planet, the wars currently blowing people to bits, the oil spill washing up on the gulf coast, the bankruptcy of capitalist politics, etc. ML ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
