[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Re: Peace Digest, Vol 42, Issue 20

[C. G. Estabrook]

Ricky--

Matt was offended that he had to have in his in-box my questioning of 
the wisdom of the demonstration Bob was promoting.  This, to Matt, was 
an "ideological critique of events that other progressives have organized."

He clearly thought that such questioning was "unproductive behavior," as 
you say, but it seems to me that thinking about what is in fact 
progressive is one of the things AWARE should be doing.  It's clearly no 
more a "gratuitous personal attack" than his objection to my "critique."

--CGE

Ricky Baldwin wrote:
> ...
> People often try out the "peace-discuss" list, then
> decide that the traffic is to heavy.  Part of what
> clogs it, of course, is gratuitous personal attacks
> and other unproductive behavior - like Carl's note... 
> 
> --- "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> 
>> If you think you can be "progressive" without
>> thinking about it, fine.
>> If however you think you want to figure out what's
>> going on -- and what
>> can be done about it -- you should participate in
>> the discussion.  --CGE
>>
>>
>> Matt Murrey wrote:
>>> I purposely got off the peace-discuss list because
>> I am not
>>> interested in reading the ideological critiques of
>> events that other
>>> progressives have organized.  If you don't want to
>> attend don't show
>>> up.  If you want to critique it, do it in the
>> venues available to
>>> you--please not on peace announce-digest. Thanks,
>> Matthew Murrey...
>>