This sort of exchange does not belong here.
On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 08:40:39PM -0700, Brad DeLong wrote:
> >Actually, I want to apologize to pen-l for these two posts. Offline Brad
> >explained to me his philosophy of being obnoxious to people in email
> >discussion groups because it is a good technique for stimulating
> >intellectual discusssion. But, not agreeing with him on this, I should not
> >have taken the bait so easily. Sorry won't happen again.
> >
>
> Liar.
>
> The post you are referring to, was, in its entirety:
>
>
> "I'm trying to be a little more polite than my interlocutors.
>
> "It's a *strategy*: a version of tit-for-tat.
>
> "You may think that it is the wrong strategy to follow, but it is not
> an obviously stupid strategy. And I, at least, am not smart enough to
> think of a better one.
>
> "Brad DeLong"
>
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