Jim, in the context it was directed at an individual.
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 01:12:50PM -0700, Jim Devine wrote:
> Michael P writes:
> >After that he gets into a tone that is flame bait.
>
> quoting Leo:
> >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.
>
> why is this flame-bait? it doesn't attack anybody as an individual.
>
> Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
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