On Jun 13, 2006, at 1:52 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
ravi wrote:
I think Doug wrote something about "Arabs can't fly the plane by
themselves. It requires the Great White father". With all respect to
Doug, I think this critique is a diversion, a [no doubt
unintentional,
if at all] attempt to cast the opponent as a racist, and dismiss his
argument.
I do not think it a diversion at all.
Nor do I. George Galloway (pre-reality TV) is very eloquent on this
topic - hear an excerpt at <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/
Radio.html#050922>. He notes that 9/11 conspiracy theories are very
popular in the Arab world because of an internalized colonial
mentality that holds that Middle Easterners would be incapable of
pulling off such a complex operation on their own.
Doug
