Re: pen-l etiquette

[Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx>]

>  >Nobody is trying to bait you.
> > Yoshie
>
> Au contraire. This is a bait:
>
> "If Louis Proyect and others cannot be given the opportunity of
> differentiating themselves from positions they consider liberal or social
> democrat, they might logically be obliged to withdraw from such a list as
> this, which would reduce the range of debate."
>
> So is this:
>
> "If Louis is so sensitive that he can't respond to a comment that says he's
> wrong on a highly specific empirical issue, he should leave the list."
>
> But, as I say, those sorts of remarks roll off me like water off a duck's
> back.
>
> Louis Proyect

Jim's remarks are general ones.  Substitute proper names -- say,
switch them from Louis to Philip -- and the principles that govern
netiquette still stand.  There's no reason to be paranoid about this.
That said, it would probably have been better if Jim had used X
instead of your name.  As I said, I'm sympathetic to Foucault's
longing for anonymity.

Masked Philosopher