<div>The discussion here has been about what is alleged to be in Fitch's book, not about his articles, "specious" or otherwise. Reading the comments on line, I don't recognize the book. Who would?  L'il Kim at least read it, though her Nation review doesn't speak well of her capacity for retention. As to your sign-off, John "Tell no lies. Claim no easy victories." Add to the formula, "Don't bullshit anyone, least of all yourself."    </div> <div> </div> <div>Mike Hirsch  </div> <div>On 3/10/06, John Lacny <<a href="mailto:jlacny@earthlink.net">jlacny@earthlink.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Michael Hirsch: > Can we have a moratorium on Fitch baiting until everyone > has actually read the book? So we can't say anything about the specious arguments and inaccuracies in his published articles without reading his entire book first? Do I have to read all of "The O'Reilly Factor for Kids" before I criticize Bill O'Reilly's behavior on television? - - - - - - - - - - John Lacny <a href="http://www.johnlacny.com">http://www.johnlacny.com</a> Tell no lies, claim no easy victories ___________________________________ <a href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a> </blockquote></div> -- ________________________________________ `And these words shall then become Like oppression's thundered doom Ringing through each heart and brain, Heard again -- again -- again-- `Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number-- Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you-- Ye are many -- they are few.' --------Shelley, "The Mask of Anarchy: Written on the Occasion of the Massacre at Manchester" [1819]