[lbo-talk] Re: plagarism watch

[ravi]

Jon Johanning wrote:
> On Dec 24, 2004, at 9:03 PM, ravi wrote:
> 
>> i have learnt more from this thread (on a thus far free mailing list)
>> than i did in the few months that i was foolish enough to give the new
>> york times (and other print media) money to receive trash.
> 
> I learn a lot from this list, too, both from the posts themselves and
> from the references to Web sites, books, etc., in them. But it is
> interesting that some of these references are to the Times itself, as
> well as the Wash. Post, LA Times, and other "capitalist, imperialist
> running-dog bird-cage lining," as one might describe them.
> 
> In fact, while these periodicals are far from perfect from the political
> point of view, they do convey a certain amount of useful information, so
> they cannot be completely dismissed.
>

sure lets not dismiss them, but my point is that they are no better (and
more often) worse than what i can get in the public domain (probably
wrong word here). perhaps that means i am a bit of an ignoramus ;-). or
perhaps its because i do not enjoy literary touches much (and find them
a bit of an annoyance/impediment): you know, the stuff where they start
an article with a reference to some dude in milwaukee, etc, or the books
where they provide flowery analogies between violins and superstrings.

	--ravi