Mark Jones wrote: > Michael has repeatedly asked for this absurd flaming to stop. Is it not > time to DO something to stop it? The day before Mark Jones wrote (to Paul Zarembka): > This (i.e. those arresting Paul Z, JL) would be the men in flapping > white costs, presumably. Is this what you had in mind by "absurd flaming"? Did you want Michael to condemn you for that slur against long-time and long-respected pen-l member Paul Z? That would have been nice. Instead, Michael threatened Paul and myself. Why? Because we think that solidarity is something more than a slogan. We think that solidarity and opposition to homopobia, cop-baiting, etc. extends to pen-l as well. Michael thinks that there are so many other "more important" topics to discuss. What is more important than solidarity? Jerry PS1: Let us remember that Michael himself initiated this discussion when he asked for feedback on the performance of pen-l. In my original post I mentioned no one by name. Louis P chose to respond to that honest attempt of mine to answer Michael's questions with a bunch of personal insults and libelous accusations. Michael did not respond to that flame. Indeed, I would say that Michael has acted very one-sidedly in this whole affair. I (and others) had expected better from you, Michael. PS2: Note well that Jones has not denied making his absurd, homophopic, and cop-baiting remark about the _New Left Review_. Indeed, he can not deny making that remark since it is part of the public archives of the m-int list. Nor has he attempted to defend that remark on pen-l. Why not? Because there is no defense or excuse for such an outrageous statement.
