punishment (was: Student Loans & Bankruptcies (was Re:creative financing)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>punishment can take diff. forms. one of which is to cast the 
>offender out of a community for their bad behavior. when you 
>advocate that someone's ideas not be read b/c they use the term 
>middle class to refer to white collar workers or working class (blue 
>collar and service workers) then you are engaging in punishment of 
>the offender. you frequently suggest that whoever offends 
>Cox-defined Marxist sensibilities be cast out in a similar manner. 
>this is punishment, plain and simple. it's a loud, clear message 
>sent to all.

Has anyone been voted off the list because she used the term "middle 
class," in the manner of ancient Athenian practice, i.e., ostracism?

Yoshie