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- From: van@eff.org (Gerard Van der Leun)
- Subject: Re: "Civil Disobedience" et al.
- Message-ID: <van-070193093846@gerard.eff.org>
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 14:44:15 GMT
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- In article <1ifjgtINN3sp@phakt.usc.edu>, dleslie@phakt.usc.edu (David
- Leslie) wrote:
-
- > >> The last two EFFectors look more like nostalgia for 1960s radicals.
- > >> Please, folks, let's get back on topic before we lose all credibility.
- I like to hear things like this. They make me think about what we are
- publishing, and challenge me to find other articles. Don't take it that
- we are not attuned to criticism here. We are. We may not always heed it,
- but we always hear it.
-
-
- > Why don't you just post some of the stuff out of alt.sex.stories?
- > It is about as relevant, and you should get some mail(If that is your
- > true measure of success).
-
- Mail is obviously not the true measure of success, nor did I mean my
- statement to be construed in that manner. I've been involved in many
- publications over many years, and I think I have an internal algorithim
- that puts comments in readers' mail into the proper perspective.
-
-
- > If you are implying that he said that Thoreau was a 60's radical; I guess
- > you are totally wrong. There is a difference between '1960s nostalgia' and
- > "..nostalgia for 1960s radicals." The way you(plural) are jumping on
- > this guy shows a severe lack of tolerance.
-
- I don't think we are "jumping" on anyone. We may be having a disagreement,
- but it strikes me as a reasonable disagreement. What we are also engaging
- in is feedback. Something that doesn't happen on this level with mainstream
- media. I think it is valuable. To say this is a "severe lack of tolerence"
- is to move the discussion from the sublime to the hyperbolic.
-
-
-
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