Anonymous writes
In this, James A. Donald finds:
To put this in its proper context, Chomsky also believes in socialism, in the sense of the "people" controlling the means of production, distribution, and supply, and in particular, the "people" running the mass media.
What? Non sequitur! No where in Chomsky's quote do we find any remote resemblance of a reference to mass media;
I said context, not quote. There is ample Chomsky material outside this quote supporting socialism, and as well as socialism, those measures that socialism makes necessary, namely silencing of dissent, mass murder, and rule by terror. My analysis of the quote on political correctness follows about twenty lines after my discussion of Chomsky vs the Capitalist Mass Media. And yes, I know, you do not need to tell me. No where in Chomsky's writings does he say "Mass murder is great". He merely provides and endless stream of justifications and rationalizations for particular mass murderers, most infamously Pol Pot, and for mass murder in general. Yes, Chomsky says, repeatedly, that he is sincerely opposed to mass murder, whilst at the same time vigorously arguing in favor of it, the same hypocritical gimmick as he does on free speech, in the quote under discussion. For example in addition to comparing Pol Pots methods to de nazification by the french resistance, he also argues that the chaos created by the American bombing forced Pol Pot to use harsh measures, and so on and so forth. As on PC, he piously proclaims himself to be be opposed to Pol Pot, whilst vigorously defending him, and like totalitarians, and vigorously defending the methods used by Pol Pot, and savagely condemning anyone who would criticize Pol Pot, or Idi Amin, etc. This is why I call him a totalitarian, not because he endorses political correctness. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we James A. Donald are. True law derives from this right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. jamesd@netcom.com