Noam signs on

[rhisiart at earthlink.net]

At 05:10 PM 2/13/2003 +0800, you wrote:
>Doug Henwood wrote:
>>Chomsky just signed the Lerner letter.
>
>Yeah. Like he signed the one for the French holocaust denier for which he 
>got quite a bit of bashing. Looks like he didn't learn from that one, and 
>trusts some of his friends too much?
>
>kj khoo

i've heard chomsky speak about this.   a group of french folks in the 
audience attacked him for even saying the man should be allowed to 
speak.   he said clearly he disagrees in every way with the holocaust 
denier -- and always has.   his position is one regarding free 
speech:  everyone has a right to speak as a matter of principle.   it's up 
to us to deal with what the say, or ignore it.

i would assume this is his intent regarding the learner affair.

R