> I actually have a copy of the game, and although we are not big on board
> games in my family, we play it occasionally. (Thanks, Bertell!) When I used
> to play it in gard school in the early '80s, my friends and I worried taht
> it made it too esy for the workers to win. So we made up a new rule: that
> while playing people could propose new, more sociologically accurate rules,
> but these had to be justified by political sivussion. It led to long,
> interesting games.
>
> jks
>
> Speaking of Bertell, look at this, and look who was the judge:
>
> 750 F.2d 970
>
> United States Court of Appeals,
> District of Columbia Circuit.
> Bertell OLLMAN, Appellant
> v.
> Rowland EVANS, Robert Novak.
> No. 79-2265.
> Reargued En Banc March 6, 1984.
> Decided Dec. 6, 1984.
> As Amended Dec. 6, 1984.
> Professor of political science brought suit against two newspaper columnists
> claiming that they defamed him in newspaper column with the result that he
> was denied a nomination for position of chairman of department at his
> university. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia,
> Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr., Chief Judge, > 479 F.Supp. 292, entered summary
> judgment in favor of columnists and appeal was taken. The Court of
> Appeals, > 713 F.2d 838, reversed and remanded. The United States District
> Court for the District of Columbia held that challenged statements were
> entitled to absolute First Amendment protection as expressions of opinion,
> and professor appealed. The Court of Appeals, Starr, Circuit Judge, held
> that statements were
> constitutionally protected expressions of opinion.
> Affirmed.
> Bork, Circuit Judge, filed a concurring opinion in which Wilkey, Ginsburg,
> Circuit Judges and MacKinnon, Senior Circuit Judge, joined.
> MacKinnon, Senior Circuit Judge, filed a concurring opinion.
> Spottswood W. Robinson, Chief Judge, filed an opinion dissenting in part in
> which J. Skelly Wright, Circuit Judge, joined.
> Wald, Circuit Judge, filed an opinion dissenting in part in which Harry T.
> Edwards and Scalia, Circuit Judges, joined.
> Harry T. Edwards, Circuit Judge, filed a statement concurring in part and
> dissenting in part.
> Scalia, Circuit Judge, filed an opinion dissenting in part in which Wald and
> Harry T. Edwards, Circuit Judges joined.
> West Headnotes
>
> A quote:
>
>
> . . . . we turn next to the alleged defamation that, in our view, is most
> clearly opinion, namely that "[Ollman] is an outspoken proponent of
> political Marxism." This kind of characterization is much akin to the
> characterization, "fascist," found absolutely protected in Buckley v.
> Littell, supra.
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Clearly Pareto optimal jurisprudence!
Ian