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To: steve harris who wrote (384298)	5/15/2008 12:48:18 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) of 1572605

Steve, the "nuance" defense. From Wikipedia: > Ayers has not denied the quotes, but he protested the interviewer's characterizations in a Letter to the Editor published September 15, 2001: "This is not a question of being misunderstood or 'taken out of context', but of deliberate distortion."[5] In the ensuing years, Ayers has repeatedly avowed that when he said he had "no regrets" and that "we didn't do enough" he was speaking only in reference to his efforts to stop the United States from waging the Vietnam War, efforts which he has described as ". . . inadequate [as] the war dragged on for a decade."[6] Ayers has maintained that the two statements were not intended to imply a wish they had set more bombs. So in his mind, he didn't do enough because the Vietnam War lasted for a decade, but he didn't necessarily mean he wished he had set more bombs. Which of course probably meant he wanted to do something worse ... Tenchusatsu

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