This is getting far too personal. The term, "creep" should not be applied to list members.
On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 01:30:25PM -0700, Leigh Meyers wrote: > Jim asked: What is this "rational politics"? who believes in it and > what are its tenets? > > I responded: My employer describes part of 'rational politick' well > when I discuss world affairs with him. Essentially, there's nothing he > can do about 3/4 million dead Iraqis, so just go on with 'business > (and social mores) as usual, and he LIKES IT like that. > > Jim replies: why is this creep relevant to pen-l discussions? is there > anyone on this list who is like this? (David S is a conservative, but > I don't think he fits this category.) If there's no-one on the list > who's like this, preaching against their perspectives here seems like > spitting into the wind. > > > He's an empirical example from my 'local universe'. He's a > 'Libertapublican' 'creep' who also pays me for holidays even though > he's not required to, and allows me to take the day's bakery leftovers > to the hungry and homeless (He has a guilt streak a mile wide that I > only bang on occasionally). > > In other words, he's as much of a 'creep' as any other "Compassionate > American" who cares about their own, and screws everyone else. He's > just honest about it. > > He is the kind of person for whom economics matter, it is a quite > personal (his person) economic, and it behooves economists on the > 'left' to understand the *full range* of people that make up the > society they are economizing for, not just other list members... > unless there is some plan to *impose* an economic structure on their > society, in which case there is no point to understanding the > individuals view of what an alternative economy offers them personally > and how they understand the world around them. > > > > -- > > Jim Devine / "if there's an original thought out there, I could use it > > right now." -- Bob Dylan & Sam Shepherd. > > Ditto... > > Leigh -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com
