lbo-talk-digest V1 #5035

[Dennis]

> A big hug to Yoshie, who states in such a fashion the truth of the matter,
that
> I can only add that we need to begin to believe in that socialist
alternative
> ourselves or all is lost. All the posters-  or the majority here, anyhow-
> clearly no longer believe that a better world is really possible, that all
we
> can do is put the brakes on the damage done.
> To you all, I say SHAME. We are the hope of the world- the greatest
> responsibility rests on our shoulders in a way that means nothing anywhere
else
> but here.
>
> If you hate Islamic fundamentalism, the only answer is simple: We need to
be
> better at organising, we need to outdo them and be sufficiently without
> corruption, racism and the deadliest of all our sins: The ethno-centrism
that
> plagues the entire first world left, such as it is. We are not better, we
are
> not superior, we are richer. We are richer from their blood. Get that
straight,
> or else reap what bin Laden wants to sew!
>
> Macdonald

This from a guy who signed a pro-Milosevic petition:

http://www.icdsm.org/signed.htm

YOU are the "hope of the world"? The "greatest responsibility rests" on YOUR
shoulders? Tell it to your pal Slobbo, dick.

DP