orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER) (03/08/85)
> > It is hard to respond to something which is apparently not an > argument but just a form of name-calling. The strongest feeling I > get from reading JoSH's response is that at this point he is not > interested in making an honest effort to understand Marxian and > socialist thought. If he wishes to persuade skeptics like me that > libertarians are thoughtful and well-informed people, this is not the > way to do it. A common denominator of libertarians on the net, even > the economically sophisticated ones, is that they have absolutely no > notion of what Marx said and thought. Either they're interested in > learning or they're not, but we can only have a meaningful discussion > when the participants on various sides genuinely try to understand > the others' points of view. > > Richard Carnes, ihnp4!gargoyle!carnes Richard, while there *are* many interesting and informative libertarians on the net, JoSH is not one of them. I have made it a policy to simply skip his articles: it was only inadvertantly from reading yours that I got a portion of his. I don't know why JoSH insists on name-calling and such distortions of others viewpoints, and moreover a complete lack of concern for facts or responses to others facts. But I have found it a waste of time reading JoSH's articles and the volley of irrelevant name-calling he provokes. bring back Danny McK! tim sevener whuxl!orb