I removed him by mistake. I have just put him back on.
JC Garelli, Chomsky listowner
In a message dated 6 Jan 97 at 12:58, B. Oliver Sheppard says:
> 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
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> > 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.
Juan Carlos Garelli, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Early Development
Attachment Research Center
University of Buenos Aires
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