File spoon-archives/marxism-general.archive/marxism-general_1997/97-01-06.201, message 53


From: Zeynep Tufekcioglu <zeynept-AT-turk.net>
Subject: Re: M-I: Re: M-G: The Do's and Don'ts and Logic of Louis Godena
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 01:11:59 +0000


Mr. Bedggood,

>theories cum under attack [ note how both Godena and Proyect rapidly 
>resort to abuse when desperate for an argument] but also a US 

Correction number one. Louis Proyect is *not* a moderator. Jon Flanders,
Louis Godena and I are the moderators.


>this is a unfortunate marriage of threatened male egos when their pet 

Correction number two. I am a woman.


>resort to abuse when desperate for an argument] but also a US 
>chauvinism which you have picked up nicely. 

Correction number three. I write this from my house close to the Bosphorus
Strait, Istanbul, Turkey. Not the US. Far from the US. Not far enough, but far.


>I agree.  The bosses who run M-I are very `territorial'.  It think 

Correction number four. We *don't* run Marxism-International. 


Most of the work in moderation was trying to keep the number of posts to
three. There were a few warnings, and most of the list members have been
very helpful. 

So far, we've not expelled anyone. We've not censored any political current.
We've not asked anyone to tone down the political debate. Our rules are clear. 

If anyone has any problems with the way the list is moderated, feel free to
contact the moderators or make your case publicly. But, please, don't assume
that we moderate in such and such a way and then criticise a figment of your
imagination. 

Also, Louis G. has, from day one, always been against expelling anyone, even
warning them. You may not like the tone of his political arguments, but you
can't cite one single case where he used, or attempted to use, or hinted to
attempt to use, his position as a moderator in any argument. Jon Flanders,
who has been very busy due to his job as a railroad worker, has had very
little time to do the day-to-day checking of the lists. As a result, I get
to do most of the "behind-the-scenes" reminding of rules, warnings, etc. 

Just because the two other moderators are male, you assume that they run the
whole show, throwing around the weight of their "male egos". If anything is
male chauvinism, this is.

Zeynep


>I agree.  The bosses who run M-I are very `territorial'.  It think 
>this is a unfortunate marriage of threatened male egos when their pet 
>theories cum under attack [ note how both Godena and Proyect rapidly 
>resort to abuse when desperate for an argument] but also a US 
>chauvinism which you have picked up nicely.  How far back in US 
>history does Godena go to determine who is, and who, is not "scrounging" 
>of the US taxpayer/worker?
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