Robert Fisk

[Bradford DeLong]

>  > ...
>
>Yoshie Furuhashi:
>>  I don't expect you, Brad, & Luke to respond to an attack on your
>>  person by a mob of the oppressed in the manner that Robert Fisk did,
>>  if you find yourself in a like situation.  You are entitled to your
>>  own feelings.  It seems to me, however, that there is no reason you
>>  should act as if you were cheated just because Fisk didn't respond in
>>  a way you think he should, e.g., equating an Afghan mob with a mob of
>>  white supremacists.  What's the beef, really?
>
>I suppose Fisk's work is damaging to the repute of the imperial
>enterprise, therefore Fisk must be neutralized; but a detailed
>attack on his work would involve the further exposition of
>the very material which renders it offensive.  Therefore, it
>is preferable to seize on a purely rhetorical offense, to wit,
>the excessive use of a common hyperbole ("If I was him Ida ...").
>If you don't like the message, and can't stop the messenger,
>you can deplore the shape of his hat.  Anything to get off
>the repulsive subject.
>
>-- Gordon

No. As best as I can interpret it, Fisk's 'tude justifies--calls 
for--excuses--legitimizes the relatives of those killed in the WTC 
terror attack fanning out across New York and killing anyone of 
Middle Eastern descent they can find. I think that this is a bad 
'tude for anyone to hold.

Brad DeLong