[lbo-talk] Moderation

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At 02:02 PM 1/12/2007, Chuck wrote:
>Carl Remick wrote:
>
>>To the limited extent I've followed it, this voluminous sex chitchat of 
>>late appears to be the list's most stupefyingly irrelevant discussion in 
>>the many years I've been here.
>>Right now, the gravest US Constitutional crisis of my 56-year lifetime is 
>>unfolding in Washington as George Bush's criminal war on Iraq 
>>disintegrates entirely.  So what preoccupies the LBO list at this 
>>world-historical moment?  A windy, navel-gazing bull session that sounds 
>>like extracts from deep-thinker Hugh Hefner's endlessly propounded 
>>Playboy Philosophy of the 1960s.
>>Jesus Horatio Christ, what bold and timely topic will the list tackle next?
>
>Congratulations for invoking Leftist Logical Fallacy #38: People are 
>incapable of multi-tasking and are therefore unable to talk about 
>different kinds of serious issues.

aside from which, it simply ignores a basic principle of social life in 
this here united states (west?) (globe?): people argue about the small 
stuff. they don't argue over -- shock -- that which they agree on! exactly 
what were we all supposed to do? Write long-winded essays saying what 
everyone already thinks about the situation and through we can do nothing 
on an email list anyway. give me a  break. Lists are for interaction. If 
you want words confirming your every thought go read your favorite lefty 
rag where someone talks AT you and you absorb.