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To: JohnM who wrote (17594)	5/3/2006 7:09:27 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 543026

No, I would point out that no calm, rational man, especially a supposedly intelligent scholar, writes the juvenile trash that Cole writes, and that it colors his other stuff. A matter of exercising good judgment. Writing as if he were unhinged suggests that his judgment is not up to snuff. It detracts from what he has to say.

To: JohnM who wrote (17594)	5/4/2006 11:53:53 PM
From: LindyBill	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543026

The problem with posting Cole's reply to Hitchens here, The problem is that Cole made an ass of himself. He responded to criticism with an "ad hominem" attack. Hitch cleaned his clock.

To: JohnM who wrote (17594)	5/6/2006 5:29:34 PM
From: LindyBill	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543026

Cole, Hitchens, Ahmadinejad By Andrew Sullivan A blogger tidies up the controversy (and could do with an editor). Two basic points. Firstly, nothing Cole said on a private email list has not been written by him in the public domain, so Cole's hyperventilating on this privacy point is a little strained. Secondly, Cole has publicly defined the Iranian phrase "Occupation Regime" to mean Israel proper, not just the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza and parts of Jerusalem, as he subsequently tried to spin it. Substantively Hitch wins on all points. And Cole, for reasons I cannot fathom, is acting as a witting dissembler about the views of Ahmadinejad. I think his opposition to the current administration has led him to make excuses for a genocidal religious right fanatic. time.blogs.com