Re: [A-List] Civil Society - Progressive or Reactionary

["kov alsky" <kovalsky11@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: The A-List <a-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Patrick Bond <pbond@xxxxxxxxxxx>, The A-List
> <a-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [A-List] Civil Society - Progressive or Reactionary
> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:48:21 -0500
>
> Yes, I am known for my pedestrian mind because I avoid academic post-modern
> deconstruction of plain talk. Yes, delivering "public goods" is something
> that we mental pedestrians aim for because they are things that common
> people can recognized and measure, such as the availability of safe food
> and water, decent shelter, free health care, education, freedom of movement
> , etc, instead of high principles of "decommodify society and nature",
> aiming at "democracy's global-scale deficits" and staging "seminal revolts
> against injustice".
>
> I am not interested in engaging in debate with intellectuall parasites by
> exchanging cross fire of academic jargons...


Thanx Henry,

for the very intelligent and clear post.

I agree totally.

Too many do not know much about anything and just promote themselves with
empty rhetoric and slogans. As parasites they are the strongest defenders of
the system they criticize.

Regards
K