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

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stop talking about Melvin!  That is the problem!!!

On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 06:54:21PM +0200, Jurriaan Bendien wrote:
> 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.

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Michael Perelman
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