What are you talking about? Greenspan's positions of responsibility is to his class, the bourgeoisie. I would not be in that position. Chairman of the FRB is not a "class neutral" position. He is the bankers' banker. Civility? What exactly is uncivil about calling a bourgeois scam artist and ideologue exactly that?
Do you actual believe that there is some "supra-class" component of being chairman of the FRB? dms ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jurriaan Bendien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 10:42 PM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] demo fervor > > The ultimate argument of the bourgeoisie? It's not about buying and > > selling, it's about aiming and firing. > > Not sure I agree - it seems often more firing and then aiming, i.e. shoot > first and talk later. I am not immune to lapses of temper or swearing > myself, but I prefer really to restrict that event type to my own quarters, > preferably at times when no one else is around. It's an ideal of civility I > have. If you were in Greenspan's position of responsibility, what would you > do ? > > J. >
