At 02:44 PM 9/27/99 -0400, Louis Proyect wrote: >Wojtek, you have an obligation to try to read some of the material being >discussed before posting so frequently and so provocatively on the subject. >When you use a term like "politically correct", you are really acting like >a smart alec. Your latest post shows no sign of a willingness to take the >discussion seriously. I only wish you would stay away from this thread and >post on subjects you have some familiarity with. Do some homework, man. >What's the matter with you. Lou, in fact, I did read most of what has been posted on this issue to this list - and I gave my interepretation of it in the brief summary I just posted. Sorry if I missed something, but much of that appeared to me as erudite digressions with with little or no relevance to the subject matter being discussed: whether colonial exploitation was a necessary or a sufficient condition of european capitalist development. As I read Michael's appeal for a rational and collaborative effort to explore the subject matter - I see that, above all, as an empirical argument that is transparent and clearly understood by all participants, rather than showing-off one's reading list, which I do not feel compelled to do since I left graduate school. So please read my comments as a call for logical and empirical clarity in that debate, rather than an attempt to throw a monkey wrench into it. wojtek
