At 08:36 PM 07/10/00 -0700, James A.. Donald wrote:
I have presented examples of Chomsky citing vaguely specified sources that supposedly provide evidence for all sorts of astonishing things, supposedly provide evidence for the then Soviet line, yet strange to report, no one is able to produce this alleged evidence. When the Soviet line changed, no one continued to claim these things were true. In particular, no one continued to claim the existence of "repeated discoveries that massacre reports were false"
To be addressed in my next, which, likely, will be my last, to you.
I have looked for this alleged evidence, and not found it.
Considering how you've read things into my posts, I am, shall I say, dumbfounded. </blood-dripping sarcasm>
It is the job of Chomsky's fans, not my job, to find these "repeated discoveries that massacre reports were false", and the rest.
I am not a Chomsky fan, for the fourth time. Get a clue, ok? I'm critiquing you and your allegations, not defending Chomsky.
Chomsky after 1979, in the documentary film "Manufacturing Consent: Noam
Of course a film citation is almost impossible to check.
This is where I sign off. By my way of calculation, I owe you one more reply. Barring some epiphany resultant from a coronary or other life-changing event, I expect it will be the last time I reply to you, on this topic. Reese