[IrishHand]

Just once I'd like to hear Chomsky loudly condemn Castro, China, North Korea, the Palestinian terrorist organizations, etc. Just once.

What for? To make you feel better? God knows the Cubans, Chinese, North Koreans and Palestinians don't care what Chomsky says or thinks. The only people he has any reasonable hope of affecting in any way are Americans (and Canadians, I suppose - but we'll ignore that for the moment since they aren't on your 'evil-doers' list).

As he says in that above transcript, it's far more important to take ownership of your own actions than it is to start trying to control other countries into doing what you want. Of course, as we've seen, it's a lot easier (and far more profitable for wealthy Americans) to convince Americans that others do horrible things we need to put a stop to than it is to convince them that America does horrible things that we need to put a stop to.

In the end, you can make yourself a better person. You can try and force someone else to be a better person, but ultimately they need to make that choice for themselves.

Irish