On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Carrol Cox wrote:
>
> >Sigh!
> >
> >And Featherstone avoids the thorny question of _Is it possible to fight
> >terrorism?_
> >
> >The question is wrong and an evasion of reality.
>
> And which reality is that? Since about 95% of the U.S. public would
> ask the same question (how to fight terrorism?), aren't you the one
> who's evading reality?
Note: by Doug's logic here, an Abolitionist living in the South in the early 1800s would be "evading reality". We can't judge the ultimate success of a political viewpoint or strategy by how popular it is today.
Miles