Well, Stefy, considering your location, I would guess that dancing in the beach is your real profession. > Richard, > I didn't think you were from Latin America, though I'm not sure that there > is anything I wrote that would indicate this to you. I now do wish to make > a geograpical guess. You are from Buffalo...Teresa Ebert is your > mentor...? > > Steve > > > On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Ricardo Duchesne wrote: > > > > > > Stephen E Philion wrote: > > > > > > > Richard, Is it possible that you might demonstrate to us how the segment > > > > that you quote below is 'rhetorical'? You might not agree with what is > > > > asserted below, but how is it 'heavily rhetorical'? Steve > > > > > > ________Who is Richard, by the way? Cheers, ajit sinha > > > > > > > That may have been Stephen's own rhetorical device to persuade > > others that I am not for real - the Latin American he, an American, > > thinks I should be. Had Stephen read more, instead of imitating the > > KKK, he would have known that every argument is bound with rhetoric; > > and, as Rod says, Marx was a master rhetorician. > > > > > > > > > > > > Someone (?) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Marx's point in writing Capital was to do away with rhetoric. Rather than > > > > > > pointing to the horrors of capitalism and pointing to evil acts of specific > > > > > > people or even classes, he attempted to show how the system as a whole >worked > > > > > > according to its own laws of motion. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Richard Duchesne wrote in response: > > > > > Like any polemic work, Capital is heavily rhetorical; just like what > > > > > you say above. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
