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Re: Orientalism Revisited (was RE: G. Bush: US in Holy
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>JKSCHW@aol.com wrote:<br>
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> In a message dated 00-01-22 19:13:49 EST, you write:<br>
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> << Hasn't it always been obvious to everyone that western
civilization is an<br>
> enormous con game, simply picking out predecessors of whom
we approve?<br>
> >><br>
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> This is a caricature of PC-ness. All cultures and civilizations
pick their<br>
> antecedents. The Hebrews in the old days went through a bunch of
writings,<br>
> edited them, kept the ones they liked, and this is the Hebrew
Bible or old<br>
> Testament. The rest is Apocrypha. Does that make ita con
game or somehow<br>
> disreputable?<br>
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(1) It is a little odd to accuse Brad DeLong of PC (and the rest of
the post</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>brings out the ways in which uses of
that charge are unavoidably unprincipled)</blockquote>
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<div>But refreshing...<br>
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