lbo-talk-digest V1 #4706

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Thu Aug 9 08:52:07 PDT 2001


I can't quote this exactly, but if I remember right an old legal maxim is, if the law is against you, quote facts, if the facts are against you, quote law, if both law and facts are against you, talk about the opposing attorney.

Carrol

Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> Carrol Cox wrote:
>
> >If "socially constructed" means the same as "historically created,"
> >why do we need both terms? Answer, "social construction" is a weasel
> >term designed to dissolve history.
>
> Do you ever suffer moments of doubt or uncertainty? Or do you barrel
> through life, never surprised by events? If you do exhibit this
> rocklike confidence, what do you attribute it to? Personal history?
> Neurochemistry? If neurochemistry, is that influenced by experience -
> does it reflect as well as shape?
>
> Doug



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