[lbo-talk] Re: Klein vs. Gitlin vs. Cooper

[martin]

When I listened to her (on DN) I heard her describe '... bringing Najaf 
to NY' as a metaphor for bringing a spirit of resistance to NY (and to 
the US by extension). I didn't hear her suggest adopting their cultural 
norms.

Martin

On Aug 27, 2004, at 6:12 PM, Dwayne Monroe wrote:


> Naomi Klein knows better than to pander to these
> sorts. Bringing Najaf to New York is not only a
> non-sensical equation, its a morally offensive one.
> If the people of Najaf and Iraq could aspire sometime
> in the near future  to an enth of the personal and
> political and religious and sexual and  workplace
> freedoms enjoyed by New Yorkers how terribly much
> better they would be.