On list: Sorry, no can do. We need to be able to express ourselves

freely on this list. Sarcasm, irony, etc, as I have always said, is

political speech.



MB



On 8/10/11, Michael H Goldhaber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear Michael,

>

> (I'm sending you this off list.)

>

> Please apologize quickly on theSftP list for your gratuitous insults of Herb

> and Carroll. And by the way, your own abilities to convince others of your

> own positions, judging by your success on the list, is not so hot in itself.

> It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable, and that often works

> better than invective and hectoring.

>

> Best,

> Michael

>

> Sent from my iPad





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                                                  --John Kenneth Galbraith