I don't think we should talk about Yoshie as a person now. Let me make a positive point instead. David Shemano has opinions that diverge from most of ours. He makes his point. Sometime we have a thread for a couple of days. Often it helps me sort out my own thoughts.
If he were to use the list as a way to barrage us with his politics, such that long threads would revolve around him. Some of us would respond to him, but nobody but David would really be interested in his position and the threads would degrade into fairly predictable exchanges -- he would not be welcome here -- not because of him personally, but because of the list ecology. Other times, debates continue with just a couple of people -- on and on, with no one else involved. I try to put a damper on those. On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 11:32:05AM -0400, ravi wrote: > On 26 Jun, 2007, at 11:10 AM, Michael Perelman wrote: > > No. I asked her to refrain from posting for a week after repeated > > requests to lay > > off on Iran. The next day she accepted a piece from me for > > MRZine. I like Yoshie a > > lot, but I try to reign people in when they post too much on a > > subject that begins to > > center on that person's own ideas/opinions. > > > > I would like to find a way that more people would want to engage in > > discussions. > > > Thank you for the clarification, MP. I agree with your sentiment > above, regarding discussions. I think Yoshie has some very important > points to make about Iran and the West (one of her latest posts on > LBO, regarding the proper attitude of Western leftists towards Iran, > is particularly well put). I do understand the need to keep list > traffic under control and on topic. > > --ravi -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com
