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[John Walsh]

Charles Pierce, Elie?  Great!
jw


On Jun 16, 2008, at 12:38 PM, Yarden wrote:

> Wrong again.
>
> When I am prepared to name people, I name them.  It is much closer to
> the truth to say that I have no clear idea of the origin of the "A
> 'Minority Report'" other than names of its signers.  I also have no
> idea of how those names got there.  I have attempted discussion with
> people whose names are on that list, and have discovered little more.
> I am in no position to even attempt to 'indict' anyone, insist on
> rational -- not judgmental -- discourse, and am always prepared to
> discuss my moral character with anyone who wishes to
> do so.  I am not prepared to compete in the pathetic rhetoric of
> imprecations, condemnation from any pulpit of virtue.  " .   .   .
> constitutes a clear, transparent indictment of one of our sisters in
> struggle and is calumnious."
> sounds good, apodictic, and appealing to true believers.  It does not
> even begin to approach the demands of a pragmatic search for truth and
> knowledge.  If you learned to read something that someone else is
> saying, you would notice that every thing that I am saying refer to
> agenda of the "A 'Minority Report'", thus might refer to you as one of
> its signers, and you and i might engage in a discussion of the damage
> it has done to the work of our party.  It is much easier to drag up
> the tired recriminatory rhetoric that goes nowhere.  If you want civil
> dialog, you are free to engage in it.  I will be happy to assist and
> participate.  You might start out with a  reading of Charles Pierce's
> essay, "How to Make Our Ideas Clear."  Emulating puritan divines goes
> no place except to the self-glorification of the one who wishes to go
> no place.
> With compassion
> Elie Yarden
> MRGRA
>
>
> On Jun 16, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Owen Broadhurst wrote:
>
>> "The continuing attempts to nullify the results of our primary, on  
>> the
>> part of anyone, for whatever motives, is severely damaging to our
>> standing
>> as an electoral party.  Even more damaging is the attempt to run
>> parallel
>> campaigns for delegates without regard to the election."
>>
>> This statement above constitutes a clear, transparent indictment of
>> one of
>> our sisters in struggle and is calumnious. When I consistently have,
>> on
>> ample occasions, urged brothers and sisters to please address one
>> another
>> with respect and civility, campaigns to smear the names of our
>> brothers and
>> sisters and indict their moral character to large degree would be
>> precisely
>> what I happen to be referencing. This is uncalled for nonsense, and
>> abominable.
>>
>> Stop it.
>>
>> OB
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John V. Walsh, MD
Professor of Physiology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
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