[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > P.S. The slogan "Let 100 hundred flowers bloom and 100 schools of thought > contend" is a strange slogan to use to cut off discussion. It surely > implies the opposite should occur. The hidden Maoist agenda > of course may have been to encourage the weeds to grow so that they could be > detected and cut down! How is Michael going to weed the garden if we don't > let the weeds grow? We haven't even heard Shawgi's take on pomo. Can't we hear > from a one dimensional Marxist? Two points here. 1. I was calling for others to show tolerance [let 100 flowers ....]. The suggested time out reflected my perception that others were not inclined to do so. 2. Tweaking Shawgi does not seem to be productive. > > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 916-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]