Roger Odisio wrote:
> So it is now clear that the terms under which much of the debate has been
> held–whether or not intervention should be called for or supported–are false.
>
Roger still conceals the weird assumptions on which his argument is based -- the assumption that what any marxist anywhere *said* was going to make an actual difference in whether or when any intervention occurred in East Timor. This assumption that mere opinion, or mere expression of opinion on a maillist, can under these conditions make a difference shows a basic lack or seriousness non Roger's part. He seems more interested in establishing his own moral sensibility than in trying to determine what difference the opinions of marxists at this time might make.
Carrol