Robert Fisk

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>>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

"If I were a capitalist, I would resist union organizing by all means 
at my disposal."  _Would_ without moral endorsement.
-- 
Yoshie

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