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In article <37d6a5f3.86166771@newshost.unx.sas.com>,
George Alan Esworthy <gae@eLsworthy.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 08 Sep 1999 08:10:35 -0400, readnthink@southernanomaly.net
>wrote:
>
>>                      Why Americans should care about East Timor
>>                        by Noam Chomsky
>>
>>                      There are three good reasons why Americans should
>>care about East Timor. 
>
>[much blather sneeped]
>
>There are three good reasons why Americans shouldn't give a rat's rear
>end what Noam Chomsky has to say:
>
>1.  He's a virulent anti-American ideologue.

1a.  He's virulently against many American policies.
 
>2.  He's an unapologetic Stalin-supporting communist.

2a.  I've read a fair amount of his essays, and I saw nothing Stalinist.  
     In fact, when he did comment on communism, he was rather critical
     of it and its forefathers like Trotsky, Lenin, and, more recently,
     Stalin.  Would you point me to some of his pro-Stalinist material?
     
>3.  He expects the rest of us to hear, understand, and obey the little
>voices he hears inside his own head.

3a.  I think he expects us to think about what he writes if we read it.


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