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In article <okln565sew.fsf@proline.sbc.man.ac.uk>,
Phillip Lord  <plord@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk> wrote:
>        It seems to me that what you are saying here is that when 
>Chomsky writes something he is trying to convince people of his view
>point. I would say that this is a perfectly rational and reasonable
>thing to want to do when writing something.

Ahh, but what he says may not be what he's trying to convince people of.  ;-)

>least aware that I am doing this, and more over quite open about it. I
>tend to respect Chomsky for the campaigning aspect of his work, which
>would have a lot less impact if he did not allow his humanity to come
>through in the name of some bogus search for "academic truth".

True - but it does mean that absorbing everything he says as truth, rather
than opinion... Well, you've seen the results.

-s
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