>The concept of "monsters" is a mental block that prevents us from
>analyzing the history of Iraq in particular and the nature of
>political power in a modern state in general. The approach we we
>want is a combination of historical materialism and concepts such as
>"the banality of evil" developed by Hannah Arendt.
Oh, right, I keep forgetting the Correct Line.
Is it ok to say the Ba'athist regime was monstrous? Or is that a contravention of the Correct Line as well? If it is, better tell Noam Chomsky and Tariq Ali, who both used that sort of language when I interviewed them.
Doug