Noam Chomsky

maxfisher · #1 07-21-2005, 07:42 PM

Does Anyone have anything bad to say about him?? Is there anything this guy can't do??

Zygote · #2 07-21-2005, 07:48 PM

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Does Anyone have anything bad to say about him?? Is there anything this guy can't do??

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you're being sarcastic, right?

maxfisher · #3 07-21-2005, 07:52 PM

No, I'm new to this forum (i want to test the water) and my only exposure to him is having recently read The Common Good and stuff like The Corporation. I'm interested to hear where he is off-base, if he is?

Zygote · #4 07-21-2005, 07:56 PM

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No, I'm new to this forum (i want to test the water) and my only exposure to him is having recently read The Common Good and stuff like The Corporation. I'm interested to hear where he is off-base, if he is?

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if you're looking to test the water, go to the politics forum. you'll have much more fun with this thread over there.

maxfisher · #5 07-21-2005, 07:58 PM

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No, I'm new to this forum (i want to test the water) and my only exposure to him is having recently read The Common Good and stuff like The Corporation. I'm interested to hear where he is off-base, if he is?

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Sorry, my appologies. I thought this was the philosophy forum and I think Noam at least has a background in philosophy
if you're looking to test the water, go to the politics forum. you'll have much more fun with this thread over there.

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PairTheBoard · #6 07-21-2005, 07:59 PM

"I'm interested to hear where he is off-base, if he is? "

I don't even know what ball park he's in.

PairTheBoard

quinn · #7 07-21-2005, 07:51 PM

"If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged."

-Noam Chomsky

wtf?

maxfisher · #8 07-21-2005, 07:56 PM

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"If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged."

-Noam Chomsky

wtf?

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Is this one of those things where you disagree with him politically, but he could support said statement with strict fact?

drudman · #9 07-22-2005, 01:19 AM

That quote is on the mark, it just sounds outrageous to people who ignore fact.

That's the problem, people blame folks like Chomsky for the rise of leftist ideology. In reality, Chomsky more or less reports facts that most people are unable or unwilling to seek out. It is, ironically, ideologically-opposed people who are doing the blaming.

vulturesrow · #10 07-22-2005, 02:11 AM

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In reality, Chomsky more or less reports facts

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Now that, my friend, high comedy.