Why analogize your protest to that of theocratic fascists? Why not the spirit of Seattle? Peoples Park? The Paris Commune? Granny D? Anything but Najaf!
-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org]On Behalf Of martin Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 11:55 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Klein vs. Gitlin vs. Cooper
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.
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