> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of kelley
> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 10:11 AM
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Survivor!
>
>
>
> >christopher susi wrote:
> >
> > or maybe challenge
> >others to think in a way they hadn't considered before.
>
>
> ooops! i forgot to note that, while i did just criticize you for the
> above, i do notice that you often take minority positions on the dc-stuff
> lists, challenging the libertarian/conservative line there on a number of
> things. so, i didn't want you to think that i thought you were being
> disingenuous in your claims about wanting to challenge certain points of
> view here. i see you as being argumentative and contrarian elsewhere, so
> this tack here is, indeed, something you are fond of doing, i recognize
> that--especially since i like doing the same.
This is very true. I love a good argument.
"But you know I'm right" - Chris "I'm not going to argue this" - Jen "Because you know I'm right" - Chris "You just like to argue, and that's your problem" - Jen "I'm going to prove you wrong by agreeing with you" - Chris
>
> i was just getting at the assumption you made about how folks
> here haven't
> considered these arguments. i know you can't read all that goes
> by on this
> list, and i know from talking to many lurkers, that much of what gets
> discussed here is, seemingly, esoteric. so you may miss all the ways in
> which the position you took has been taken by others here, but in
> slightly
> different, more nuanced ways...
Again, I just threw that on as a token to entice. Unwittingly it looks like I insulted them though, which wasn't the intended effect. I'll learn. I'll learn.