Sociology and Explanations (Re: Hitchens responds to critics From

John Gulick jlgulick at sfo.com
Wed Sep 26 18:49:50 PDT 2001


I just realized that in writing the following passage ...

"That their ideals are reactionary, that their pretensions to speak for a whole people are ludicrous, and that their sources of finance may come from capitalists whose personal adherence to the cause is dubious _does not_ mean, as Kelley suggested, that they are mere cynical opportunists. After all, their charred remains are mixed in with those of 6000 others"

... I made it sound as if kelley's position was different from mine, when I meant to suggest that her position was the same as mine. In fact, I was glad that she was watching my back while I was unawares off-list ...

John Gulick



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