Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 09:34:40 +1000 (EST)
From: Gary MacLennan <g.maclennan-AT-qut.edu.au>
Subject: Reply to Rakesh was Re: M-I: Re: Homophobic insults


A>Second, the good leads I gave you were indeed on the marxism lines; however
>serious my contributions have been, the best ones are always reserved for
>marxists, instead of that oxymoron of progressive economists (and tell your
>other rah-rah friend Gary McLennan to stop making fun of me by calling me
>one of the most brilliant men he has ever read--I am just getting through
>Morris Kline at this point in my life, I am a slow learner, though maybe
>people are fooled by the princeton server--ah, the alchemy of credentials,
>as Bourdieu puts it).


Ah Rakesh,

Me thinks you do protest too much.  I was not indeed insulting you or
making fun of you when I called you brilliant.  I have no doubt whatsoever
about that.  And I know that you do not either.

Now let me not stoop to insults. I  ignored the hompophbia in your remarks
about Lou and Carroll because this was a radical and I trust one off
departure for you. 

I can of course be insulting when I want to but in the spirit of saying
goodbye to you as you leave the list, I will wish you all the best for the
holidays and truthfully I look forward to your posts in the new year.

regards

Gary MacLennan



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