FW: [lbo-talk] FW: Edward Said passed away yesterday

[Brad DeLong]

>  is nonsense. One's will is pretty irrelevant if one doesn't have 
>the power. Brad should be criticizing those _with_ power, whose 
>wills have an effect in the historical process. Rather than trashing 
>a dead man who can't defend himself, Brad should be attacking Bush 
>for supporting Sharon wholeheartedly, trashing the Israelis whose 
>colonialist expansionism (exploited by and encouraged by Sharon) 
>created the current situation, trashing Arafat for caving rather 
>than seeking a real peace. These are people with power.

All true. But not the whole truth. "Madmen in authority, hearing 
voices in the air... "