Brad, you must know, of course, that I receive a good number of complaints
about what other people perceived to be your lack of civility. When you
ascribe what most is consider to be outlandish accusations regarding
political events or movements, some people regard that as a lack of
civility.
Everyone on this list sees material that they disagree with, but usually
they either express their own views were elected pass in silence without
of moral superiority.
Look, you're an excellent academic economist. I read and appreciate many
of your academic, but sometimes you seem to adopt the role of the teacher
who creates the various students -- this one is okay, this one goes to the
kill file.
So yes, I agree with you -- more civility on all of our parts.
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 03:30:34PM -0700, Brad DeLong wrote:
> >Brad, please refrain from the personal jibes. If you want to delete
> >somebody, you are welcome to do so, but there is no reason to announce it.
> >
> >On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 10:04:04PM -0700, Brad DeLong wrote:
> >> >While I agree that Brad's original note was certain to provoke, this
> >> >discussion is getting increasingly personal.
> >>
> > > I won't see Yates's stuff anymore...
> >>
>
> Effective functioning communities of discourse are possible only if
> people hold to *minimal* levels of civility. And people need to be
> made aware of where that *minimal* line is.
>
>
> Brad DeLong
>
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