Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 03:39:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Jim Jaszewski <jjazz-AT-freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
Subject: Re: 100 Years of (Mis)Understanding



On Thu, 30 Nov 1995 UticaRose-AT-aol.com wrote:

> >	I'd like to get it clear here `Utica':  are you a marxist?
> >
> lets see. cant ask about cuba. cant comment about soviets. cant criticize
> gramsci. could this be a pattern of some sort ?

	Could be;  but not like _you're_ thinking I'll bet...


> i'd like to get it "clear here" - is there anyone here aside from Mr. Burns
> who can handle a disagreement without making ad hominem attacks ? 

	From a guy who doesn't mind ad hominem attacks on Fidel Castro, 
that's pretty rich.  Since I haven't attacked you that way, I have to 
assume that you are Unclear on the Concept...


> guess it depends on what you mean by marxist. by any standard i can think of,
> probably more so that many i know. do i have to pass some litmus test of
> having a longer reading list ? do i have to take a loyalty oath to the
> workers and peasants of some socialist fatherland ?

	When you come on this List and take positions that are
characteristically rightwing, I think the question comes up naturally... 


> a marxist is as a marxist does. and what have you done, in a marxist way,
> lately ?

	Plenty.



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