[lbo-talk] AP: Video Seems to Show Beheading of American

mike larkin mike_larkin2001 at yahoo.com
Tue May 11 15:47:29 PDT 2004


""Among the intellectuals, I don't think anything's changed,
>but it rarely does. But among the general population, it's correct
>to say that the level of civilization is much higher things that
>would have seemed perfectly appropriate then are outlandish now.
>
>DH: That's a good note to end on. Thank you, Noam Chomsky."

Is he wrong?

Doug"

It's odd that he makes such a blanket exception for intellectuals. But maybe he's referring to the tenured academy, which he'd probably say has far more freedom to speak out, and therefore much greater responsibility, than the rest of the population.

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