ANSWER envy

Brian O. Sheppard bsheppard at bari.iww.org
Mon Mar 10 19:35:53 PST 2003


On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


> Which is the threat to world peace -- Bush, or WWP + North Korea? I
> would venture to say that most folks in the world would say that the
> former is the threat.

I didn't see anyone claim that North Korea and WWP were a "threat to world peace." Try responding to what people are actually saying, not what best suits your argument.

WWP's coziness with N. Korea is as fair a target for criticism as the Bush Administration's warmongering. We don't have choose between the two.

"Whenever A and B are in opposition to one another, anyone who attacks or criticises A is accused of aiding and abetting B. And it is often true, objectively and on a short-term analysis, that he is making things easier for B. Therefore, say the supporters of A, shut up and don't criticize: or at least criticize 'constructively,' which in practice always means favourably. And from this it is only a short step to arguing that the suppression and distortion of known facts is the highest duty of a journalist." - George Orwell

No war but the class war,

Brian



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