It has crossed my mind too (see below) that one or two may be
paid--perhaps in kind--to destroy a non corporate list.
wcm
>
> Dear Bob,
> I hope you will reconsider your decision of leaving the list, not just
> because of guild solidarity ( I see that you are a historian too) but
> because I have enjoyed your comments and contributions very much.
>  I want to use this opportunity to say that I am to blame too for
> participation in pointless  discussions here on the list, and I think that
> it is high time to stop, and to return to the very reason this list is
> founded: nourishing critical thinking, creative discussions and evaluation
> of the work of Noam Chomsky.
>  To make myself perfectly clear, I want hesitate to answer any personal or
> racist invective, but I think that it is a pitty to leave this list to
> people who obviously wish ( or are being paid for) this list to be
> destroyed.
>
> > It is most distressing to see such invective and state propaganda on a
> list
> > dedicated to Chomsky's work [does he know about this thing?]
>
> I certainly do hope that he does not.
>
> Friendly regards,
>                                Andrej Grubacic
>