On May 17, 2006, at 7:53 PM, lbo-talk-request at lbo-talk.org wrote:
> I hope I am not digging myself into a corner here; it is just that I
> resist the (simplistic) portrayal of Van Gogh and Hirsi Ali as martyrs
> of free speech. The reality is more complex than that.
i agree with you. it's more like they are the martyrs of hysterical slander.
~J