tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10465909.post115004052100084940..comments2023-12-29T22:29:57.954-06:00Comments on Kate/A/blog: Past & Present FutureKate-Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097300904370192818noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10465909.post-1150219287277996002006-06-13T12:21:00.000-05:002006-06-13T12:21:00.000-05:00This guy Sharp sure has a thing for Chomsky. I'm n...This guy Sharp sure has a thing for Chomsky. <BR/><BR/>I'm not nearly knowledgeable enough about Cambodia to try to figure out if Sharp is right. But on the surface, he seems to suffer from the same kind of bias that he accuses Chomsky of.<BR/><BR/>There are always going to be people who assume that every communist government is going to be brutal. So of course, those people were right about the Khmer Rouge (like a broken clock is right twice a day). Chomsky isn't one of those people. Sure, he was wrong about the Khmer Rouge. But Sharp seems to take it way too far, accusing him of deliberately misrepresenting a bloody regime because "acknowledging the magnitude of their crimes would have undermined the effectiveness of the example he needed to illustrate his theories of media bias."<BR/><BR/>I'll give Chomsky and his essential humanism the benefit of the doubt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10465909.post-1150164852076188402006-06-12T21:14:00.000-05:002006-06-12T21:14:00.000-05:00abi,I agree with much of what Chomsky has said ove...abi,<BR/><BR/>I agree with much of what Chomsky has said over the years - but I think he neglected any serious action to go with his words. Perhaps it bothers me that someone with such global influence has only lectured to the worker and soldier ants without digging any tunnels on the ant farm.<BR/><BR/>And he poo-poos all conspiracy theories.<BR/><BR/>But, I'll try to leave old Noam alone. Have you read this assessment by <A HREF="http://www.mekong.net/cambodia/chomsky.htm" REL="nofollow">Bruce Sharp? </A>It's a lengthy piece.Kate-Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097300904370192818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10465909.post-1150162147525305642006-06-12T20:29:00.000-05:002006-06-12T20:29:00.000-05:00I'd count Ellsberg a hero. He did what he did know...I'd count Ellsberg a hero. He did what he did knowing he could have spent many years in jail.<BR/><BR/>I think Robert Kennedy would have gone on to become a hero if he'd had the chance. This would be a very different country today had he lived and won the presidency in '68.<BR/><BR/>And I have a favor to ask. Please leave old Noam alone. If more people thought like him, this again would be a very different country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com