If Chomsky was any cuter and a Hollywood celebrity, this guy would have been arrested for stalking a long time ago.
I don't read Usenet much, but everytime I check in, he's there posting away. I can only imagine what his den looks like. I'm sure he has a Chomsky picture on the dartboard and the rest of his office is arranged to aid him in his campaign to make the world safe for libertarian capitalists who need a life.
Chuck0
Jim heartfield wrote:
>
> On the quote in question, I have a copy of Clive Ponting's Churchill
> book balanced on my knee right now, and I can confirm that the quote is
> word for word, except that the emphases have fallen off it with the loss
> of italics ('an innocent record and' 'altogether disproportionate'
> 'mainly acquired by violence, largely maintained by force').
>
> Strike one to Chomsky.
>
> In message <001a01c02cd8$5b116a80$45bb0918 at sttln1.wa.home.com>, Lisa &
> Ian Murray <seamus at accessone.com> writes
> >Well,
> >
> >Where's the evidence that he misquotes more often than any other researcher
> >[let alone deliberately]. Has someone compiled a compendium of his misdeeds?
> >
> >Ian
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> >> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of kelley
> >> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 5:57 PM
> >> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> >> Subject: Re: Niiice kitty....
> >>
> >>
> >> this was posted on the cypherpunks list. the respondent maintains that
> >> chomsky is well-known for misquoting or twisting quotes/sources. never
> >> heard that come up here in all our discussions... comments? cypherpunks
> >> is archived if you want more info.
> >>
> >> kelley
> >>
> >> <fowarded>
> >> --
> >> > I've been reading Noam Chomsky's book on Kosovo and came across this
> >> > quote from a Cabinet note written by Churchill in January 1914
> >> > explaining the need for increased military expenditure (taken in
> >> > turn from Clive Ponting's Churchill, 1994, P 132):
> >> >
> >> > "We are not a young people with an innocent record and a scanty
> >> > inheritance. We have engrossed to ourselves an altogether
> >> > disproportionate share of the wealth and traffic of the world. We
> >> > have got all we want in territory, and our claim to be left in the
> >> > unmolested enjoyment of vast and splendid possessions, mainly
> >> > acquired by violence, largely maintained by force, often seems less
> >> > reasonable to others than to us."
> >>
> >>
> >> Chomsky is hardly a reliable source. He routinely fabricates or falsifies
> >> quotes. I suggest you check his alleged sources.
> >>
> >> Chances are you will be unable to find his alleged source. In
> >> the unlikely
> >> event that you are able to find it, it will not say quite what Chomsky
> >> claims it said.
> >>
> >> --digsig
> >>
> >>
> >> </backwarded>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
> --
> James Heartfield
>
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