"Had I been Yasser Arafat"

Brad DeLong jbdelong at uclink.berkeley.edu
Tue Apr 9 20:11:01 PDT 2002



> > Had I been Yasser Arafat,
>> Brad DeLong
>
>Well, you aren't, and you don't have to operate in his political context,
>and you don't have the firepower of the world's top superpower aimed at your
>head, and where you live electricity and water haven't been cut off by
>Israeli thugs, and I imagine ambulances are still allowed to come to your
>house so your people aren't bleeding to death in the street, so ... sorry to
>put this bluntly, but ... who cares?

You seem to care. In fact, your rudeness suggests you care a lot.

Any further questions?

Brad DeLong



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