friedman (WAS: internet & social control)

[Malignd]

<<I read a few of his articles, I saw him on TV, I
thought he was a dick.>> 

Another weighty contribution from this source.  

I agree, however, that Dave Monroe is not being vague;
he's addressing the main point Friedman has been
making, which is that he's pro-globalization, the only
one on this thread to do so.

Still, somewhat beside the point.  The point, again,
for the sake of clarity, was Millison's attempt to
dismiss an article by Friedman about the internet by
calling its author (writing on a wholly other topic) a
"bootlicker," then asserting that Pynchon knows more
about foreign policy than does Friedman.  He also
claimed that Pynchon had more "style."  (This is how
Millison argues.  ChrisK, and now Monroe, find this
trenchant analysis "spot on.") 

To this point of relative experience, I offered
Friedman's C.V. and, whether or not one believes
Friedman a "bootlicker," there is therein the record
of his considerable foreign policy experience, years
spent in the mideast, two Pulitzers, etc.  

Pynchon's foreign policy experience is ... he has no
foreign policy experience.

For the record, I'm not a particular fan of Friedman's
and I found his comments, posted here, re WMDs
regrettable and wrong.  But to dismiss him as an
apologist ignores much that he's written about Iraq
that's highly critical of the Bush administration,
particularly the woeful state of the post-war
operation.  But high-pitched gobbling and either/or
analysis is what passes for Millison as journalism.  

<<Pynchon eats Thomas Friedman for breakfast!>>

And you, your cud.



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