[PEN-L:6148] RE: Re: RE: Re: Re: A note of thanks to all

[sawicky@xxxxxxxxxx (Max Sawicky)]

Jim,

Your super-sensitive antennae have made way too much out of what
was 85% joke.  But since the traffic this a.m. is thin, here are
a few words.

> As far as I can see,  you believe that  I am "confused" because
I don't
agree with your yes/no digital logic, i.e., that if I don't agree
that
strategic bombing  and/or NATO invasion of Serbia is the solution
to the
problems of the ethnic Albanian Kosovars, I _must_ be . . . >>

N.B. I've also indicated non-support for the thesis that
"strategic bombing" is a positive solution to anything in this
matter.

> in favor of Milosevic
> and ethnic cleansing of Kosova/o.

Note the words whimsically attributed to you were "both sides are
evil," hence I did not draw a line from you to Milo, much less to
cleansing.

> Over and over again, you apply this bogus
> premise, without defending it seriously. But I am
> "confused" because I don't agree with your simplistic "logic."

"Confused" is simply a synonym for "I'm right, you're wrong";
something I would have thought to be a relatively light jab.

> I guess that's better that the constant repeating of the phrase
" 'we' must do _something_ about Kosovo/a."  But it indicates the
low level of the
pro-imperial left's intellectual resources.  >

Compare the tone and sweep of this depiction of moi to the simple
adjective, "confused."

> But I may be wrong. Max, please point out why I'm "confused."
Tell me
> what's wrong with my logic or my facts or both.

> BTW, I make no claims to represent pen-l, despite
> Max's bogus implication.

Oy.

> I believe that we should be nice to Max (since he has posted
interesting
material on other matters), but I think _everyone_ should try to
be logical
and/or factual in their arguments. This stricture applies to Max,
too.
>

I've tried to make my case at considerable length in a
considerable number of posts, so I don't think a restatement
here, given the lack of new developments, is of much use.

My only request is that, with respect to all future
communications, list members fill out the simple form below and
return it to me by e-mail.

mbs

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