Dialogue requires a certain degree of courtesy that was often absent from his posts.
On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 02:22:32PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote: > Michael Perelman wrote: > > >Lou is correct on several points. Brad typically supports neo-liberal > >policies abroad and, at least to my mind, he is more often than not wrong. > >Also, the 3 people he mentioned did leave in disgust about Brad's > >behavior. I thought that it would have been healthier to have dialogued > >with Brad, but he often did behave arrogantly. > > True enough, but it's an odd model of dialogue that will admit only > people in fundamental agreement with each other. I guess it's the > left version of Richard Feinberg's wonderful comment that democracy > only works when there's fundamental agreement on the nature of > property. > > Doug > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
