[lbo-talk] Islam and socialism

[ravi]

On 27 Oct, 2007, at 15:44 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> Sometimes it seems that your political philosophy is based on just
> being contrary. Epater not only the bourgeoisie but the anti-
> bourgeoisie too. What's so great about being bloody-minded? Wouldn't
> it be better to be clear-minded? A stroke makes the brain bloody, and
> the sequelae of that aren't very pleasant.
>

The analogy seems to illustrate some of the confusion and haste in  
the anti-Yoshie camp. The vast majority of strokes occur due to  
clotting, not bleeding, and even in the case of haemorrhaging  
strokes, it is still the lack of blood supply (and therefore oxygen)  
to the brain that causes the unpleasant results. Akin to the  
situation of/in Iran, is it that the sight of blood makes us so  
queasy that we are unable to see the real threat.

	--ravi (pol phil based on just speaking contrary to power ;-))