Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 14:30:56 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jonathan Beasley Murray <jbmurray-AT-csd.uwm.edu>
Subject: Grossman and discussion--please READ


I would rather this list did not concern itself overly with the specific 
personalities of those who contribute to it.

If anyone judges other participants to be "cowards," "kooks," or 
whatever, then so be it.  However, I suspect that we can all make up our 
own minds and judgments and have busy enough lives that we don't need to 
plough through other people's posted declarations.  The traffic on the 
list is heavy enough already.

Clearly, I think, most of those on the list would disagree with most of 
Stephen Grossman's stated positions on both marxism and the Soviet bloc.  
This in itself is not a problem, as far as I am concerned.  List-members 
should decide whether or not they wish to engage with his positions; for 
those who do not wish to, the delete key is always handy, and there 
are other voices and debates on the list.

The spoon collective (which runs this list, among others) aims not to 
curtail or to impose rules upon the discussion which takes place on its 
lists.  We try to rely on the common sense of those who participate.

Yours

Jon

Jon Beasley-Murray
(supposedly) Literature Program
Duke University
(but still) jbmurray-AT-csd.uwm.edu




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