Re: Isaac Deutscher's anecdote about the readership of Marx's Capital in the ...

[Jurriaan Bendien <bendien@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, fair enough, I'm playing by your rules. You are correct, Melvin is
some kind of socialist, and I should control my temper when posting.
However, I am not putting anybody in my killfile, I do not have one, except
in the sense that I block mails from certain verbally abusive individuals. I
am giving "Melvin P.", whoever that is, the free choice of reading exactly
what I say and responding to that, in which case I discuss it in a rational,
sensible manner, or else getting no response at all. I try my best to write
clearly and precisely, and if I fail, I try my best to correct it or I stand
corrected by somebody else. But I cannot very well discuss with somebody who
willfully misrepresents what I say, that is just a dialogue of the deaf, and
we learn nothing new from that.

Regards

Jurriaan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Perelman" <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <PEN-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Isaac Deutscher's anecdote about the readership of
Marx's Capital in the ...


> You are welcome to do what you want, but this sort of personal response
> does not belong here.  Announcing that you are putting someone in your
> killfile just raises the level of hostility.