Point taken. My responses have been out of order and I have been far too polemic. My apologies for this. And I ,of course, retract all the personal attacks which were just simply unacceptable. Sorry!
Let's preserve this list for the academic debate it was made for and for which some people have worked really hard.
With apologies
Axel
On 10 Aug 2011, at 15:21, Adam Oliver wrote:
> I have just nipped into my local halfords to get some scooter oil. The window is smashed and there was a note saying 'we'll be back'. The dixons across the street has been ransacked. What I was responding to was the brainless, idiotic comments posted on this list.
>
> I think I have got quite a long temper, but I find the following message deeply objectionable. I have, over the years, put in countless hours maintaining the momentum of this list, and I find it difficult to tolerate idiocy, or being chastised by people who have contributed nothing to the debates on this list. I do agree, however, that we should return to reasoned, informed, debate, and therefore denis and vermilia should perhaps keep quiet about the current situation.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Francis Dickinson <[log in to unmask]>
> Sender: "The Health Equity Network (HEN)" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:53:46
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: May be of interest
>
> Dear All
>
> I follow some of these debates with interest. However, I have to say that
> I am appalled by the personal nature of some of the comments posted on this
> network. This seems to be the main problem with this network.
>
> Eg I think that it is completely inappropriate to write:
> - "There are people on this list who appear to be devoid of a brain."
> - "Geez, you really need to check if your head is screwed on the right
> way! "
> - "[sic] Dream you communist dreams somewhere else mate! It wont
> happen! "
> - "This is an absolutely awful and idiotic response to what has been
> going on here."
>
> Can we agree to discuss/debate/attack the idea rather than attack the
> person individually?
>
> Thanks
> Francis Dickinson
>
>
>
>
> Adam Oliver
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> 10/08/2011 14:34
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> Please respond to
> Adam Oliver
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>
> There are people on this list who appear to be devoid of a brain. I started
> the health equity network 12 years ago as a forum for reasoned debate. It's
> lost it's way, hasn't it, which has not happened to any of my other groups
> or networks. Maybe it's the subject matter. Maybe I'm to blame for its
> failure.
> From: Vernellia Randall <[log in to unmask]>
> Sender: "The Health Equity Network (HEN)"
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:55:02 -0400
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> ReplyTo: Vernellia Randall <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: May be of interest
> Rioting is not the worst thing in the world. Accepting oppression quietly
> is far worst.
>
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Dennis Raphael <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime -- Aristotle
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>
> --
> Vernellia R. Randall
> Professor of Law
> University of Dayton
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