RE: Re: RE: Re: the pen-l fairness doctrine

2003-01-14 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:33822] Re: RE: Re: the pen-l fairness doctrine > Yoshie writes: > For starters, avoid using such ungainly words as "incentivize" > straight out of the book of CorporateSpeak. I wrote:> right. In addition, I'm afraid the word "incentive" is inextricably bound with individual

Re: Re: Re: Re: the pen-l fairness doctrine

2003-01-13 Thread Carrol Cox
joanna bujes wrote: > > At 04:15 PM 01/13/2003 -0600, you wrote: > >Pissed at whom? A) At a government that is merely handmaiden to those > >with real power? B) At a few corporate criminals who got caught with > >their hands in the cookie jar? C) Or at the entire structure of greed > >which r

Re: Re: Re: Re: the pen-l fairness doctrine

2003-01-13 Thread Carrol Cox
Ian Murray wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Bill Lear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I don't agree. I am working with a religious group of peace activists > > who have been amazed at the things I tell them about how our political > > process works and who are hungry for more inform

Re: Re: Re: Re: the pen-l fairness doctrine

2003-01-13 Thread Carrol Cox
Ian Murray wrote: > > - Original Message - > > > The "one" speaker "enlightening a passive audience is a horrible method > for organizing. One need only think of all those citizens sitting in > church pews to realize this. It's not the content alone, but the form of > communicating that

Re: Re: Re: Re: the pen-l fairness doctrine

2003-01-13 Thread Michael Perelman
Ian is correct. If I can "make" a student turn left after a single class, the next instructor can probably undo what "good" I have done. Follow up is essential. Only after people become actively engaged is the "good" effect likely to take hold. On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 01:43:05PM -0800, Ian Murr

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: the pen-l fairness doctrine

2003-01-13 Thread joanna bujes
At 12:59 PM 01/13/2003 -0800, you wrote: Ha! I saw a bumper sticker the other day that read, "Religion is what keeps the poor from killing the rich." Oh, I thought it was low self-esteem that did it. Joanna

Re: Re: Re: Re: the pen-l fairness doctrine

2003-01-13 Thread Dan Scanlan
"How can I accept a doctrine which sets up as its bibleĀŠan obsolete economic textbook which I know to be not only scientifically erroneous but without interest or application for the modern world? How can I adopt a creed which, preferring the mud to the fish, exalts the boorish proletariat abo