[Vision2020] I'm Waiting, Dave! Re:Chomsky Quote

[Tbertruss at aol.com]

Dave et. al.

You have not supplied a verifiable quote to support your assertion that 
Chomsky "endorsed" Pol Pot.

But I have a question or two that you might consider, if you can for a moment 
put aside your obvious intense dislike of Chomsky.  

He is quite clearly against any State that abuses its power to engage in mass 
killings, or uses the authority and power of the State to oppress its 
citizens, regardless of what political/economic ideology the State happens to use to 
frame its functioning.  Even if Chomsky had "endorsed" Pol Pot, he would only 
have done this if he was unaware of the monstrous conduct involved in Pol 
Pot's regime.  Are you actually asserting Chomsky endorses the sort of mass 
senseless killing that Pol Pot carried out?  Maybe you think he is such a devout 
communist, he will excuse mass killings if the killings are carried out under the 
banner of communism?

If you wish to trash Chomsky, why do you not take the scholarly approach and 
attack his arguments and theories, instead of just tossing out a scandalous 
claim you have failed to document that he "endorsed" Pol Pot?

I am not looking for an answer to these questions.  I offer them for thought.

You are far too smart and informed to use such cheap tactics.

Ted Moffett
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20050303/875fb5a2/attachment.htm