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Re: Good article on Jared Diamond
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- Subject: Re: Good article on Jared Diamond
- From: Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:34:15 -0700
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me:
> >I don't think the issue is whether one likes or dislikes Diamond. It's
> >his work that's relevant.
On 8/11/05, Carl Remick wrote:
> It's nice to think so, but Diamond -- as a major brand-name academic
> humanist -- does a severe disservice to any progressive cause through his
> fatuous endorsement of self-aggrandizing CEOs as mensches.
do lefties salute when Diamond walks by? I never chose him as my
leader, while he wasn't put in any position allowing him to make
decisions for me or anyone else, so I don't see the point of getting
personal.
--
Jim Devine
"Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let
people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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- Re: Good article on Jared Diamond, (continued)
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