[lbo-talk] I say banana, you say bikini (was: those exotic Iranians)

[ravi]

On Jun 29, 2009, at 9:07 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:38 PM, Chris Doss wrote:
>
>> I don't think that anybody is assuming that Iranians don't want  
>> (the right) to wear bikinis. What they are objecting to is the  
>> assumption that lots of Iranians do.
>
> Could you, just for a little while, stop trivializing this stuff?

If I read him correctly, I think the above was Michael Smith's point  
i.e., talk of bikinis  trivialises this stuff. I believe diversions  
into motive-seeking trivialises it as well. More soon...

	--ravi