Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 11:10:42 -0500
From: Katha Pollitt <kpollitt-AT-thenation.com>
Subject: AUT: This list is getting a bit weird


A few weeks ago, Autopsy was a place for serious and mutually respectful
conversation -- at least most of the time.   Now all of a sudden, I read
that Louis Proyect supports  Maoist gay-baiters and turns into assorted
authorities people whose politics he dislikes. (Charges he ignores,so
what am I to think?)  Luther Blissett turns out to be the pseudonym of
several dozen Italians who seem to be involved in (voluntary!
all-adult!) Satanic sex rituals, publishing scams, and assorted
unpleasant pranks involving skulls. Bernhard and Harald, whose
contributions were always smart and sensible, have faded away.  
  I am starting to feel like Autopsy is turning into one of those awful
Internet-crime stories, in which people have false identities and secret
lives and are using the list to manipulate and play games.

Katha


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