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Carrol Cox wrote: > I've read almost none of this thread, nor do I intend to. Me neither. > > But may I remark that I have, NEVER, seen one single intelligent use of > the word in discussing politics in the United States or Western Europe. > Every post on this list for 10 years that I have read which contained > the word "stalinism" was a post that should not have been sent. I am seriously thinking about not only banning discussion of Stalin and Trotsky but any historical figure or event occurring more than 10 years ago. Tom Cod only seems to get worked up over things that happened before I was born and that is a pretty fucking long time ago. Maybe the next time he sits down at a keyboard, he can have a newspaper opened up next to him and look for something relevant to discuss--like the problem of chemical dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico and how that relates to the current BP orchestrated whitewash. Or how to assess the threats against entitlements like Social Security. Sometimes I feel like I have wandered into a performance of "Krapp's Last Tape". ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
