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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

Which leads one directly to the suspicion that many people who quote them (and many others of the old masters) as authorities have never read any primary sources.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 06:12:44 AM EST
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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

Suspicion?

People copy reference lists from papers just so it looks like their work is properly referenced. That is a fact.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 06:14:20 AM EST
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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

Reading primary sources is hard: you have to be a language freak like me, who enjoys reading facsimiles of 18th-century books where the 's' looks like an 'f' and English nouns are capitalized as in German.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 06:15:42 AM EST
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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

If they'd even read the translated version that'd be fine - it's all I'm going to do. The problem is that they seem to be several generations deep into regurgitation of selected quotes at this stage.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 06:27:01 AM EST
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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

Physics is no different than economics in this respect, trust me.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 06:34:20 AM EST
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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

You do mean selected quote, in the singular, right?

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 06:42:45 AM EST
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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

You may have a point there.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 06:49:14 AM EST
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