>Tahir Wood wrote:
>
>>The species of thought that I find most discouraging here is that
>>which says we shouldn't critique anything if it seems to be the
>>lesser evil. So don't criticise this or that dictator because he is
>>anti-imperialist; don't mention some of the more unsavoury aspects
>>of the Palestinian leadership because that would invite suspicion
>>that you support Israel (!); don't criticise Stalin because that
>>means that you are buying the Western mythology, etc., etc. etc.
>>The poverty of such thinking is truly depressing. It is not
>>surprising that we end up with the tamest of reformism as
>>alternatives. And unfortunately Yosh I see that this is where you
>>and Doug are in the same boat not where you differ. Last time he
>>voted Green, now you are. Ho hum.
>
>So what do you propose? I'm all ears.
And I really mean that. I'd love to hear suggestions for a way out of the impasse you describe.
Doug