[GOAL] Re: Hitler, Mother Teresa, and Coke

2012-11-06 Thread Leslie Carr
Publishers are capitalists - I don't think they'd argue the point. The hostage metaphor really works for me and for many of my colleagues, as it involves elements of ENFORCED TAKING and subsequent DEPRIVATION tied to conditions of RANSOM. Eric's piece makes the really interesting and helpful

[GOAL] Re: Hitler, Mother Teresa, and Coke

2012-11-06 Thread Eric F. Van de Velde
Les: I thought the first paragraph made it very clear I was attacking not only Hitler arguments, but all of the weaker versions that portray one side as morally inferior to the other. In my mind, the explicit and the non-explicit versions are all equivalent, and all equally irrelevant, as they

[GOAL] Re: Hitler, Mother Teresa, and Coke

2012-11-06 Thread Andrew A. Adams
Erice Van de Velde wrote: In my mind, the explicit and the non-explicit versions are all equivalent, and all equally irrelevant, as they are just different levels of name calling. I am not aware of anyone making the explicit Hitler argument when it comes to open access. In fact, even my shrill