At around 18/3/07 4:24 pm, Mark Lause wrote:
>
> Conversely, the best way to minimize the extent to which this will happen is
> to encourage the tendency to self-deception. If [EMAIL PROTECTED] thinks
> I'm writing with excessive "venom and aggression," he should remember it's
> only because I don't want him sticking his tongue to the flagpole when its
> freezing out.
>
In other words, you choose to patronise me! But I really would rather
focus on what matters (such as the need for flagpoles!): the way human
beings treat each other (well, and also other living things). Events
like 9/11 come and go (and along with them the various theories of
explanation). What is (among other things) constant (at least in my
humble opinion) in the system of oppression that the majority suffers
under is the triumph of the "right" over the "good" ... and "right" here
is also a valid (and not coincidental) identification of the ultimate
politics of such an attitude.
Let me add that what you write ("silly", "crap", etc) is the mildest of
invectives hurled in this debate. Cockburn, Manibot, et al are far less
reserved. Hardly the sort of thing that encourages solidarity.
Especially from those (like me) on the sidelines (of this -- 9/11
theories -- debate).
--ravi
