[WSF-Discuss] Some criticisms of the Belem Ecosocialist Declaration

[Jai Sen]

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Dear David Stodolsky

             Your criticism is completely justified !  But there was  
a mistake on our part, and therefore a misunderstanding.

As it happens, the ‘Comments Policy’ that appeared at the bottom of  
the message you have commented on was not ours at WSFDiscuss (even  
though, I agree, it looked as if it was) but rather of the e-journal  
where this article was sourced from,
Climate and Capitalism
Ecosocialism or Barbarism: There is no third way

             Please go to the original article through the link  
given, http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=655, and you’ll see what I  
mean.  As the list administrator, we from CACIM regret this  
confusion, because as you say, their policy completely contradicts  
ours – and this made us look very rigid !  In short, the ‘Comments  
Policy’ part need not have appeared in our posting, or we should have  
pointed out in a disclaimer – given the obvious contradiction - that  
this was in the original, and was not ours.  But thanks for pointing  
this out.

             Jai Sen
             For CACIM / WSFDiscuss

On Mar 29 09, at 2:49 PM, David Stodolsky wrote:

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> On 29 Mar 2009, at 9:00 AM, CACIM wrote:
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>> Comments Policy: If you want to argue that global warming isn’t  
>> real, please go elsewhere: comments from deniers and similar  
>> trolls will be deleted. Otherwise, we encourage comradely  
>> discussion and debate on the subjects covered in this journal.
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> These two statements contradict each other.
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> Is WSFD going to next join James Hansen in calling for dictatorship?
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> This policy is anti-democratic and turns the List into a capitalist  
> tool IMNSHO.
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> David Stodolsky
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