Re: 93 posts Tuesday
Thanks Chris. You are absolutely right. All too much of this thread and those that connected to it seemed to contain repetitive, airy theorizing. The most common complaint by people leaving the list is excessive activity. I have been unable to monitor the list for the last few days, so I bear a great deal of responsibility. Please, let's drop this thread. I think that each of us have already decided if Lenin was right, if the Democrats are an improvement over Bush, Shane's reference to Taft-Hartley was an exception since it offered a concrete handle. Please, let us try to regain some focus. As Lenin said, Fewer but Better. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
93 posts Tuesday
I have to confess to Michael that even if there were fewer than 93 posts yesterday I would continue to have difficulty maintaining my regular involvement in this list, which I appreciate. I am devoting quite a lot of energy on the internet to promoting more individual psychological approaches to the treatment of psychotic illness, (see www.isps.org) However I would point out that in trying to guide the house rules of this list, which has to be largely self-regulating, if you forbid any form of characterisation by a list member of a list member, but permit robust characterisation of semi-public people off the list in a way that not only challenges their political position but calls their reputation into disrepute, that is likely to increase the temperature among members of this list, some of whom may or may not share in the estimate of the outside public figure. I do not know the simple answer. Marx and Lenin were also robust in their comments on allegedly left-wing public figures. I merely point to the evidence such as it is, of the problem. Regards Chris
