File spoon-archives/marxism-international.archive/marxism-international_1997/marxism-international.9712, message 305


Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 14:45:22 +1000 (EST)
From: Gary MacLennan <g.maclennan-AT-qut.edu.au>
Subject: Re: M-I: Louis Proyect: in need of a psychiatrist


At 10:51 AM 12/18/97 +0000, you wrote:

>Let me be absolutely clear: I do not want to be part of a left which is
>defined by its opposition to progress, and the romanticisation of
>poverty and underdevelopment. Marxism is about human liberation, not
>restraint. If Louis wants to line up with the Western nations who are
>trying to torpedo growth in the rest of the world, why doesn't he go the
>whole hog and endorse the IMF austerity package in Korea: after all,
>that should reduce the number of car users in Seoul. 
>
>More medication for the patient in lnp3 please, nurse.
>-- 
>James Heartfield
>


God but I hate remarks like this.  There are people on this list who are
struggling with mental illnesses and /or who have close ones in that
situation.  How can one write such offensive stuff and then proclaim that
one is for "human liberation."  

This makes me sick actually.

regards

GML



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