<html> <body> At 04:27 PM 8/2/2003 -0400, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>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.</blockquote> The idea of refusing to edit, or give a response to, someone else's work could also be thought of as pretty anti-social, even anti-socialist.  The author-editor relationship can and should be collegial and supportive.  Sounds more like an excuse for laziness.  Not giving an author a reason for rejecting her or his work, now that's authoritarian. Cliff</body> </html>