STOP THIS IMMEDIATELY. On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 02:06:45PM -0500, Drewk wrote: > In pen-l 22914, Eric Nilsson charged that "Andrew Kliman sent me > an e-mail message threatening me with legal action > unless I stop sending messages such as those I have been sending > to pen-l." > > I did not. I sent him an e-mail message yesterday, but it > contained NO threat of legal action. > > This is not an isolated incident. A few days ago, I was falsely > accused on the OPE-L list of having threatened another RRPE > editorial board member with legal action. After I denied the > accusation, and asked for a retraction, it was suggested that no > retraction was necessary, because a threat of legal action had > perhaps (!) been implicit. I therefore feel compelled to add the > following with respect to Nilsson's allegation: > > My e-mail message to him contained no threat, explicit OR > implicit. It could not *reasonably* have been construed as having > threatened legal action. Were Nilsson in a different frame of > mind, I believe he himself would not have construed it as a > threat -- which, again, it was not. > > I must say that I find this level of discussion extremely > distasteful. I have been compelled in this particular instance to > descend into the gutter, but I do so purely defensively, solely in > order to clear myself of a false accusation leveled against me. > > I pleaded yesterday (pen-l 22889) for principled debate, a debate > that discusses issues, not individuals, a debate that "focus[es] > strictly upon the practices and policies of institutions, > eschewing gossip and ad hominem attacks." Unfortunately, my plea > went all but unheeded -- and I am not referring only or even > mostly to Nilsson here. I can only reiterate my plea, and pledge > to abide by it. > > Andrew Kliman >
-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
