Are questions wrong because they are difficult to answer? Your reply reminds
me of my late lamented Uncle Ralph who used to avoid difficult questions by
a sort of ad questionem fallacy, attacking the character of the question,
rather than answering it.
Cheers, Ken Hanly
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From: Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 5:17 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:10364] Re: Re: Re: Re: The case for reparations
> >Also, what about the black population in the maritimes and in
> >southern Ontario who escaped via the underground railway?
> >
> >I am not trying to be argumentative here Louis but to ask a serious
> >question about redistributive justice.
> >
> >Paul Phillips,
>
> These are the wrong questions. They remind me of the methodological error
> of market socialism, basing one's entire calculations on the future rather
> than the present.
>
> Louis Proyect
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