[lbo-talk] Human Events On theTen Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries

[Jeffrey Fisher]

On 6/1/05, Mycos <mycos at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
> Jeffrey Fisher wrote:
> > an admirable goal, however. it's pretty good company, leaving aside
> > hitler -- who notably comes in behind _the communist manifesto_, which
> > i'm sure has nothing to do with any conservative predisposition to
> > prefer fascism to communism, or, perhaps worse, to confuse the two.
> >
> > dream big, i say.
> >
> 
> Indeed.<g>
> 
> I notice that the Communist Manifesto has an aggregate score of 71,
> followed by Mein Kampf with a score of 41. This is hardly an
> overwhelming rebuke when you consider that the Kinsey Report comes in
> with a score of 37.
> 

i was just noticing the same thing. i'm curious about their scoring,
now. clearly not everyone put the manifesto in first place, or it
ought to have 150 points, right?  not that it matters, but it IS
bizarre.

i also noticed that there are a lot of academics on that list of
reviewers, including princeton and northwestern. not that i've heard
of either of them. it must be lonely for them at those bastions of
left-wing radicalism.


> Actually, when I look through this thing more carefully, one comes to
> the opinion that Schlafly throws a lot more weight in these circles than
> her single vote would suggest.

curious as to why you say this. 

j

-- 
Among medieval and modern philosophers, anxious to establish
the religious significance of God, an unfortunate habit has prevailed
of paying to Him metaphysical compliments.

  - Alfred North Whitehead