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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (7910)	5/11/1999 2:19:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 17770

PK-- It is true that the characterizations of Chomsky's views are harsh, but consider: From “Noam Chomsky, Punk Hero “ by K. L. Billingsley In Chomsky's mind, the Cold War was always a myth created by America to justify its rapacity. Others have held such views, but while most of them have had a frisson of doubt as a result of revelations coming out of the Soviet Union and from U.S. intercepts of Soviet intelligence in the post-war era, Chomsky still asserts that "the United States hasn't faced a threat probably since the War of 1812,"an apercu that veterans of Pearl Harbor and D-Day would no doubt find interesting. Excerpt from “Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts on the Sixties” by Peter Collier and David Horowitz (pp. 254-267) And to some extent Chomsky has earned precisely that reputation, despite his achievements as a linguist, through such episodes as his defense of Robert Faurisson, a leading intellectual proponent of the claim that the Nazi Holocaust is a "Zionist hoax." No longer published in The New York Review of Books and other prestigious liberal magazines that once clamored for his essays, Chomsky has become the Dr. Demento of American political commentary. Seems like fair comment to me...

To: Broken_Clock who wrote (7910)	5/11/1999 2:27:00 PM
From: Enigma	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 17770

Funny how Chomsky attracts this kind of vitriol - people can't abide what they think is heresy - i.e. deviation from conventional wisdom or the official line - this happens in science too - unconventional views can give rise to extreme passion, character assassination, etc. I can't spell his name right - but Velokosky's book 'When Worlds Collide' created such a stir amongst the scientific community that his opponents managed to get the book banned from schools, and even libraries I believe. I don't think that Lewis Lapham gets invitations to appear on PBS anymore. I really like Jim Lehrer - but his interview with the Chinese Ambassador last night was fascinating. Lehrer was incredulous that the Chinese might think the bombing of the Embassy could have been deliberate. But it could have been. It's possible - certainly the Chines must doubt the official explanation - the building was isolated and should not have been targeted. d

To: Broken_Clock who wrote (7910)	5/11/1999 9:12:00 PM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 17770

<<So far, i have seen little argument to countermand his viewpoint, just a lot of vitriol about Chomsky as a person.>> I have repeatedly now tried to illustrate, as best I can in my rambling style, my faults with Chomsky, which are not mine alone. If you consider my faults with his methodology as being mere "feelings" and personal attacks, then any argument would be moot. As to <<His basic tenant, that the USA is fully responsible for a good part of what is wrong in world politics is a valid point which he goes a long way in proving>>, that is begging the question. There is no doubt that such is his basic tenet, and no doubt he goes a long way to prove it. The question is, are the methodological means by which he comes to these conclusions valid? To that I have given my answer.