[lbo-talk] Noam 1, Israelo-apartheid 0

[Miles Jackson]

Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> That's not what the Cohen & Rogers article says, and from all the 
> Chomsky I've read, I'd agree with them. He does seem to believe in 
> some innate human lust for freedom and justice that's repressed or 
> distorted by misunderstanding and a bad society. There's no room for 
> craziness or fantasy in his worldview. He's almost inhumanly rational.
>
> Doug 

I wouldn't call it rational; C's belief in innate justice is exactly 
analogous to a Catholic's belief  in transubstantiation.  It's an 
article of faith.  (I should note that I don't mean that in a disparging 
way; we all have beliefs that are based on faith rather than empirical 
validation.)

Miles