Hentoff on Horowitz

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Yoshie, it should be obvious that just because someone has a bad 
>position on X doesn't mean he's wrong about Y. Hitchens is 
>anti-abortion as a moral matter (though he has said he is pro-choice 
>as a legal one), a position that,a s I have argued with you before, 
>is intellectually respectable if politically problematic, but Hitch 
>is very good on lots of stuff. Marx himself said (in a family 
>communication) that his favorite virtue in women was submissiveness. 
>Hentiff is cranky about lots of things, but I like his First 
>Amendment absolutism. Not that the Horowitz debate implicates the 
>1A.--jks

A believer in scarcity & opportunity costs, as you are, understands 
that one doesn't have all the time in the world to read everything 
Hentoff writes.  I already know where he stands on such questions as 
free speech, abortion, black nationalism, etc.  Those who are unaware 
of his stance might go ahead and read the VV piece posted by DP & 
discuss it if they like.  I'm saying Hentoff has nothing to say to 
_me_.

At 11:10 AM -0400 4/18/01, Dennis wrote:
>I knew you'd take the bait, Yosh. Always near the surface, darting at bright
>lures.
>
>Actually, though I agree here with Hentoff (in essence; he has a tendency to
>puff his chest a bit too much), I think Hentoff is, over all, a lazy
>fraud -- not only regarding choice, but with a variety of issues. He doesn't
>even make the best case here. Still, I couldn't resist tossing my line in
>the water. Are you a Pieces?
>
>DP

Ah, just a "bait" to annoy another person.  Very mature, thoughtful, 
& considerate of you, if predictable.

I don't think you have any sincere interest in what I say on any 
question; you might as well delete all my posts or filter them out, 
as I will yours henceforth.

cheers,

Yoshie