>aren't we really nitpicking here? mina kumar provides a fair
>reinterpretation of the sentence... can't we work with that? the
>crux of the point - that bush acts in a manner that subverts
>democratic processes and hence his act resemble those of a
>dictator - remains worthy of being addressed wouldnt you agree?
>
> --ravi
no, since you miss daniel's point, a point mina made quite well not too long ago:
> >> [The city's notorious Street Crimes Unit functioned not
> >> unlike El Salvador's "Death Squads," unleashing
> >> indiscriminate terror and armed intimidation against
> >> "racially profiled" victims.
> >
> > It's one thing for MOP to talk about BrookNam, but for
> > Manning Marable to compare the NYC police to the death
> > squads is just embarassing rhetoric.(mina)
>
>Sorry that you are confused. He's speaking as a radical
>Black man, not a quasi-liberal such as yourself, so his
>words speak the truth and resonate with me and mine. (art)
He's speaking as an American, I'll give you that. (mina)