[lbo-talk] School Debate: Central Focus

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Feb 17 08:16:15 PST 2012


On Feb 17, 2012, at 11:10 AM, Marv Gandall wrote:


> On 2012-02-17, at 9:55 AM, the Sage of Bloomington wrote:
>
>> I am interested in political action...while for the most
>> part most others on the list are interested in political opinion. I see
>> "aims," then as constrained by left political power, and I have relatively
>> little interest in "what's wrong" or with "what sould be," questions which
>> loom large in the realm of "political opinion." There's no rule that lbo
>> should be concerned with political power, but every so often the lack of
>> that concern sends me over the edge.
>
>
> Oh, my lord, you are such a kibitzer, Carrol. For someone so committed to political action, you spend an awful lot of time indoors expressing your opinions to those disdain as being interested only in opinion. And at length and very passionately, too. Precisely about "what's wrong" and "what should be". FWIW, and if it will keep you from going over the edge, most everyone here is concerned about political power, and many, I am sure, attend meetings and demonstrations and communicate with their neighbours and workmates with the same frequency as you do.

Sssshhhh. You're interfering with the performance.



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