I agree with these first two two points that Leo made
Leo wrote:
The issue ... is not H&N per se, but how we
discuss H&N and everything else which comes up here.
[snip]
Moreover, contentions that a book doesn't discuss this topic or
that topic
tend to be, with very few exceptions, complete 'red herrings.' It
is only
germane when the topic is clearly central to the book's theme.
The fact that H
&N have nothing to say about NATO is not exactly a piercing
critique.
After that he gets into a tone that is flame bait.
Frankly, I find that pose "prophetic" if not
downright "messianic": "I am here to save the masses from the
errors of wrong
thinking." Rather, I like to think of this listservs, when they
work, as
"thinking together" so we might learn from each other what none
of us could
manage on our own. But that sort of dialogue requires a basic
intellectual
humility, and some abstinence from the considerable intellectual
hubris we
are frequently dished out.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
