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From: carnes@gargoyle.UUCP (Richard Carnes)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Civility and Richard Carnes
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Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 21:00:26 EST
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>So, Richard, I think you owe your fellow netters an apology. 

I apologize to Adam Reed, since I did not intend to insult him -- he
writes thoughtfully and charitably.  I also single out Laura
Creighton for her thought-provoking articles.  As for most of the
rest, my advice to them is to study a book by an author I really
admire, Robert Nozick's *Anarchy, State & Utopia*, in order to learn
something about the difference between genuine political philosophy
and merely stating one's prejudices in a loud voice.  My remarks were
written out of the frustration of hoping to find some real
philosophical discussion (such as takes place in net.philosophy) and
social-scientific discussion in the political newsgroups, and finding
very little of it and a lot of thoughtless nonsense in its place.

My discussions with Adam will be continued by e-mail as soon as I can
find the time.
-- 
Richard Carnes, ihnp4!gargoyle!carnes