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Charles, please lay off Leo.
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 10:49:52AM -0400, Charles Brown wrote:
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> Hey Leo,
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> Your departure is PEN-L's loss, not yours.
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> (((((((((
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> CB: Yea, without struggle there is no progress, and Leo has that at the bottom of
>all his posts. Plus, he's a real anti- you know what, so we pro's can really struggle
>with such anti, causing progress. Afterall, sticks and stones will break your bones,
>and words... so a struggle here can be , oh so non-physical and peaceful.
>
> But , since Leo left on his own, and wasn't put off, maybe he could see that his
>anti- was giving us pros as chance to make progress, by contrasting ourselves with
>him.
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> Like Max, says, Leo didn't lose anything, but he's posing as a loser. Weird move.
>
> (((((((((((
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> LBO is more fun anyway. PEN-L tries to be
> serious and promote civility, but the results
> for civility are uneven and the seriousness
> stifles my matchless sense of humor. Plus it
> only encourages Devine.
>
> Calling someone a stalinist is hardly the worst
> thing in the world, in the only sense it can mean
> anything here. Nobody called a stalinist is being
> accused of murdering millions of kulaks or having
> Trotsky ice-picked. For some, being called a
> stalinist is a compliment. I've seen much worse
> here. Louey called me a welfare capitalist, and
> fat besides. He said I had a 38 inch waist, which
> only called attention to the fact that I have a
> 48 inch waist. You happened to miss Louie, who
> is on serial-killer sabbatical from the list.
>
> As Nathan has mentioned, while I too have high
> regard for Bicycle Boy Perelman, and while I also
> appreciate the time he sacrifices to hosting
> the list, his moderation in political controversies
> has always been a model of inconsistency. I've
> raised this more than once myself, but since
> criticism is healthy I figure you can't be too
> healthy.
>
> I most regret the in-fighting among people with
> whom I seem to get along, and from whose posts
> I benefit. In fact, I seem
> to get along with everyone these days except Louie,
> who actually loves me to death but won't admit it.
> And I'm not even a socialist. Shit. I'm less
> internationalist than Brad DeLong.
>
> I don't get along with Rakesh, who has just arrived,
> but how do we know it's really Rakesh and not some
> imposter whose real name is Hyman Blumenstock or
> Tachion Babushka?
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> My only beef with Leo was that for a while it
> seemed like he got me in a thread with David Horowitz
> and Louis Menashe.
>
> There is something to be said for the Henwood
> policy of not trying to stifle abuse altogether,
> but to keep it to a dull roar. Thereby steam is
> let off but nobody blows a gasket, at least not
> usually. Whereas on PEN-L the mean temperature
> is lower but the variance higher.
>
> Can't we all get along? I guess not.
> It's hard when you're so damn serious.
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> mbs
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>
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
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