I erased Jerry's missive by mistake and was just recently able to retrieve it via gopher. Ajit wrote:>> Or perhaps you could leave it to Jim Devine to fight your battle. Since both of you seem to belong to the same sect.<< Jerry replied:>> Jim and I do not, though, belong to the "same sect" **or** to any sect at all (at least, I know that I don't belong to any sect).<< I do belong to a sect, the sect of those who think that Ajit's style of _ad hominem_ argumentation is a poor substitute for reason. BTW, I should be kicked out of the sect for having erased Jerry's message. sincerely, Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Econ. Dept., Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles, CA 90045-2699 USA 310/338-2948 (daytime, during workweek); FAX: 310/338-1950 "On the level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the imbecile flatness of the present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects." -- K. Marx
