[PEN-L:6154] Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: Re: A note of thanks to all

[Jim Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:07 AM 4/29/99 -0400, Max wrote: >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.<

I'm not supersensitive. I just think that insults -- however light or
humorous they are -- lead to flame-wars rather than rational dialogue. (I'm
all in favor of humor, by the way, but I try to keep it from being personal.)

>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.<

You did not attribute any words to me; rather you simply labeled me
"confused."

In the past, you have used the "if you're not for the war I support, you're
pro-cleansing" logic over and over again and I've pointed this out (with
references to Eldridge Cleaver, etc.) In efforts to figure out the basis
for your assertion that I'm "confused," I brought up this background. I
think if one wants to understand anything, it's necessary to understand the
context.

I wrote: >>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."<

You'll note that what I said appeared _after_ some justification of my
criticism. Your throwaway line associating "confused" with my name had no
explicit justification, or for that matter, implicit justification.

Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx &
http://clawww.lmu.edu/Faculty/JDevine/jdevine.html
Bombing DESTROYS human rights. US/NATO out of Serbia!