On Sep 14, 2006, at 3:47 PM, Eric wrote:
> Your analogy assumes a pretty Orientalist view of "the" Lebanese
> people; namely, that Hezbollah and the Lebanese are identical--they
> are both "prisoners." So for you, Lebanon's citizens have no agency
> themselves; they are merely the appendage of whatever state or
> state-in-waiting you decide gets to represent them.
Carrol loves to say outrageous shit, then to shrink from defending it when called on its absurdity.