BY HEATHER CHAPLIN
The very real problems of the modern-day workplace -- stagnant salaries,
long hours, economic disparity, demoralizing conditions, eroding civil
liberties -- have been trivialized in the incredibly unfunny world of
"Dilbert" and essentially ignored by the business pages.
I was impressed by the level of discussion regarding l'affaire Bhodi. I
might have also mentioned I was offended e personally a few weeks ago
while pen-l was having technical problems. Mostly, when you have
problems with pen-l, I try to do what I can to fix it within the limits
of my
I have just written to Bhoddi to ask him to sign of the list. I could
save myself some grief by doing this unannounced. I will accept the
protests about censorship and the like for a day, but after that I would
appreciate leaving the matter drop.
Bhoddi is the first person to be asked
Louis P. wrote:
Ajit, I am not making a "cult" of Michael Perelman. You have to have some
charisma to become a cult figure and Michael is one of the most
self-effacing and laid-back--to the point of blandness --individuals I have
ever met.
My admiration for Perelman is based on what he
Jim Craven wrote:
(I am a work in progress)
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So are others. Why deny them this simple humanity? I think Bodhi
did raise some issues which requires us to think about the
relationship of 'pre-modern' world coexisting (barely though) with
'modern/postmodern' world. Usually I find
Bodhistava,
I have read most of your posts on this thread simply because you
have courage to present what is a minority point of view on pen-l.
But I wonder, how can you separate forces of production from the
relations of production? I think forces of production are usually
dominated by
I had written:
Ajit writes: I still don't understand what an "abstract human nature"
could mean.
I can't help it if you can't understand what I said before.
But put it in a different way: just as Marx talks about "abstract labor" by
abstracting from all of the particular
Jim Devine wrote:
Ajit writes: I still don't understand what an "abstract human nature"
could mean.
I can't help it if you can't understand what I said before.
But put it in a different way: just as Marx talks about "abstract labor" by
abstracting from all of the particular
Jim Devine wrote:
I had written:
What the sociobiologists miss (among other things) are: how "human nature"
is much more flexible than, say, cat nature; how human cultural, societal,
and technological evolution (and revolutions) have replaced genetic
evolution as the main way in which
What the sociobiologists miss (among other things) are: how "human nature"
is much more flexible than, say, cat nature; how human cultural, societal,
and technological evolution (and revolutions) have replaced genetic
evolution as the main way in which people's character changes; and the
Michael wrote:
So I still want to continue with my naive question.
I've begun to think of a bank loan as a permission slip to use real
assets -- like steel or wheat, or cotton, or even the labor of people or
machines. And when those assets are used (up) they're gone.
people find all of this hard to believe and I do
understand that but this is for real and these people are for real
also.
take care,
Jim
On 28 Jul 98 at 17:01, AK Sinha wrote:
Thanks Jim! Does Chretien (or his office) has an e-mail? That will
make it much easier for everybody
real freedom
fighters so please urge all your friends to write to Chretien's
Office (can connect with Internet directly) to protest their
treatment and note that many many eyes will be watching very
carefully.
take care,
Jim
On 27 Jul 98 at 15:45, AK Sinha wrote:
Jim,
Coul
Jim,
Could you please give us more instructions about what a person
like myself can and should do in this case. My best. ajit sinha
Last night (Jul 23 rd) Frank Martin (Bella Bella) and his wife Helen Michell
(Carrier) were arrested again--following a meeting on Indian activism
and plans
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