RE: [Fwd: FW: Salem revisited, was RE: Susan Sontag . . .]

["Mark Jones" <jones118@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, the Dow internet index is off 0.08% at this writing, I'll draw
whatever succour I can from that, this day.

Mark Jones
http://www.egroups.com/group/CrashList


> -----Original Message-----
> From: m-fem-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:m-fem-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Katha Pollitt
> Sent: 09 June 2000 19:32
> To: M-Fem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Fwd: FW: Salem revisited, was RE: Susan Sontag . . .]
>
>
> Mark Jones wrote:
> >
>
> >
> > Carrol, no-one, even Katha Pollitt, can say the kinds of things
> which were
> > said, and which I don't plan to give more currency to by repeating,
> >and
> > simply walk away.
>
> I haven't walked away at all! I've defended my statements many times,to
> the growing irritation, no dbout, of many on this listm and I've invited
> both mark and Jared to refute them. This Mark refuses to do, on the
> specious grounds that this would"give them more currency" while Jared is
> silent! But everyone on this list has already read what I have to say
> about Jared several times over, so now added currency is not at issue.
>
> >I'm a little surprised at your own silence, frankly. Jared
> > deserves better. It's not enough to compliment his website
> while >igoring
> > attacks on his good name.
>
> where is my factual error? you keep suggesting what I say is false.  but
> it is not.
>
> >It just is not good enough. Pollitt's conduct is
> > and was simply outrageous and completely intolerable, she made
> disgraceful
> > slurs,
>
>   slurs are falsehoods.  what I said was true.
>
>
> >and what this means is that I won't tolerate it, ie, I'm not going to
> > passively sit by and accept that she has the right to say those kinds of
> > things. If that means you don't want me here, unsub me. I can live with
> > that. Or get her to acknowledge that she was wrong. Let her
> show she's big
> > enough to acknowledge an error, for chrissake.
>
>  What is the error? Perhaps instead of bluster you will show where my
> facts are wrong.
>
>
> Katha
>