> The same ideological blinkers are in evidence when, in
> "Multitude," Messrs. Hardt and Negri say that Osama
> bin Laden "asks for legitimation by presenting himself
> as the moral hero of the poor and oppressed of the
> global South." In fact, bin Laden presents himself as
> no such thing; he is and declares himself to be a
> religious zealot dedicated to the imposition of
> Islamic law and the chastisement of the secular West.
> It is only in Messrs. Hardt and Negri's eyes that
> every violent movement in the world is ipso facto a
> liberation movement.
Kirsch certainly scored a point here.
-- Luke