[lbo-talk] Socialism, asceticism, prudishness

budge budge at el-pleasant.org
Mon Aug 4 09:07:27 PDT 2003


On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 at 4:27pm Kendall Clark wrote:


> On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 04:10:39PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> > Someone told me once that Michael Albert says editing copy is
> > "authoritarian," so he shuns it.
>
> He told me that a few years ago when I asked what it was
> about some article that I'd submitted to Z which made it
> unsuitable. I quickly learned not to submit articles to Z
> again.

So he thought by giving you a general answer about what was wrong was tantamount to editing it? He really wouldn't give you nay answer? No wonder there is so much unreadable crap in there. The only readable stuff is by Chomsky or Zinn, both quite capable authors that maybe can get by w/o an editor.

That magazine is so deadly dull that I can't bear to even try and read it. When I try, I feel like it has been given to me by my priest after Confession as my penance.

-- no Onan

"superior sound quality"



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