journalistic crackpots in public life (was: religious crackpots in public life)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
>>Very insightful of you.  The topic of religion does appear much 
>>more often on LBO-talk than M-Fem, Marxism, PEN-L, H-Labor, Engrad, 
>>E-Grad, SERJ, & Leninist-International (the lists to which I'm 
>>subbed).
>
>Is that good or bad? Do secular leftists make a big mistake by not 
>taking religion more seriously?
>
>Doug

Neither good nor bad, in my view, but others probably have different 
opinions, as suggested by Eric's post.  This list's purpose is far 
more loosely defined than those of all others to which I belong.  For 
instance, on SERJ, mainly local political stuff gets posted, because 
it's set up for the purpose of linking up local activists.

Also, LBO-talk is moderated by an ex-Catholic. :)

Yoshie