I'd like to request an explanation as to why Brian J. Callahan was
kicked off the CHOMSKY list. Below is a reproduction of his 2nd-to-last
post, posted before he was kicked off by the list-owner. (His last post
was to alert someone that their text was showing up as being garbled).
In the post below, Callahan expresses disagreement with the list-owner's
views, though not the list-owner's person, thus keeping well in-line
with the rules.
        Again, since list-kicks aren't made public, it was only through Brian
Callahan's posts on other topically-related lists that I found he was
kicked off this one. I don't think it's too much to ask why he was
removed. He didn't seem to be breaking any list rules, though I may not
have researched all of his posts thoroughly. I'm hoping that he wasn't
kicked because the list-owner found him to be, on a personal level, an
"unlikable" person. This would be out of sync with a list supposing to
promote discussion, and now action, of Chomsky's non-totalitarianist
views.
        Thanks.
        Liberty and peace.

                                                        B. Oliver Sheppard





> Juan writes:
> >If this is the biased, foul way the work of Attachment Theorists is
> >going to be construed, I will refrain from posting anything else on
> >the issue in future.
>
> Don't be so sensitive.  This is what happens in a public forum, which you may
> now regret having started.
>
> >What I did say is that there are ways to early detection of
> >psychopathic and sociopathic tendencies in infants and preschoolers
> >and that psychiatric intervention in those cases might prevent
> >anti-social developments.
>
> Right, and Matthew raised the legitimate question of whether it would be a
> good idea to have a small number of experts in psychology monitoring and
> intervening in child-rearing based on their (the experts') definitions of
> "anti-social" and "pathological."  Surely this not an outrageous question,
> but rather one you would inevitably have to answer in order to convince
> people to go along with your ideas.
>
> >It couldn't be further from the truth to assert I ever mentioned
> >introducing new methods of childrearing. I only talked about
> >enhancing maternal care in a frivolous world where children are
> >reared by maids and au pair girls.
>
> I don't know the figures, but I would bet only a small proportion of the
> population is raised by maids and au pair girls because only a small
> percentage of families can afford them.  More and more, of course, children
> of all socio-economic groups are spending a great deal of time in day-care.
> What do you think the effect of that is on children?
>
> By the way, I lack a "scientific" grounding in this area, but I would guess
> that in a more caring, less competetive society, more time and resources
> would be devoted to the rearing of children and this would probably have a
> positive impact on their behavior as adults.