Lou, I don't think Jim was singling you out. I agree that Doug tweaked the first with the Lenin barb. Ordinarily, it would've passed without notice, except that you two have a history. Like I mentioned a minute ago, nothing outrageous has occurred. Like Jim, I noticed the temperature rising. Nothing for anybody to get upset about.Nothing for anybody to get upset about.
Nothing for anybody to get upset about. On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 05:58:36PM -0400, Louis Proyect wrote: > On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:33:53 -0700, Devine, James wrote: > > > >getting away from sparring such as the above, it > >seems to me that if one wants to understand the > >concrete condions, it really helps to have > >statistics. Both kinds of analysis seem > >relevant, and can be complementary. > >JD > > Let me take this opportunity to clear something up. I returned to > PEN-L not to be baited by Doug Henwood. I take the question of > development and statistics quite seriously. If Henwood wanted to > respond to what I wrote, he could have explained why the statistics > instead revealed some deeper truths about Nicaragua and Norway. > Instead, he baited me. This all he knows how to do apparently. This > is really too bad, since I have earned quite a bit of respect through > the posts I have contributed to PEN-L and other leftwing lists. To > throw Lenin at me is just a step above red-baiting and the sign of an > exhausted intellect. > > -- > Louis Proyect, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 04/17/2002 > > Marxism list: http://www.marxmail.org > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
