Re: Ra?l on the 26th + Fidel on Cuba’s Self Criticism
On Jul 28, 2007, at 11:33 AM, James Heartfield wrote:
Yoshie:
“But this mailing list is your private property, so it’s up to you how you make up and selectively enforce your arbitrary rules.”
Doug does share his private property with the rest of us, and his
rules are not arbitrary, but enjoy our assent because they are generally
fair. I enjoy Yoshie’s posts, but Doug has a point about lengthy quotation.
I don’t mind “lengthy quotations,” but when they’re sent to multiple
outlets with a headnote that sounds like lecturing from on high, they
sound more like being talked at than with. It’s snotty and antisocial.
Doug