Chomsky/Hitchens/Milosevic/Bush

[Robert Mahnke]

I would have said that only in comic books are things so black and white.
Although I think someone suggested that Chomsky paints things that way as
well.  I wouldn't know, since I haven't read him.

On 3/23/09, Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> let me take it into fiction:
>
> Once on a mysterious planet called HTRAE, in the deep future, there
> was this huge country, let's call it the PCCC, which was founded on
> idealism and ruled by bloodshed (like most) --- it wanted to end
> nations and rule the whole world (which would have had some nice
> economies of scale) but the problem was it didn't even rule what it
> had very well.
>
> In the year 696989 the PCCC stopped pretending.  Its bioregions
> stopped sharing governance and (oh thank the merciful SUSEJ, the Drol
> of all HTRAE) each bioregion got the joy of having its own governance.
> The all-virtuous OTAN watched over this from the heights and was
> glad.
>
> Our story takes place in the area called the SNAKLAB, which is the
> most important area in HTRAE, just because.  We should all know this
> story from birth and this is why, Jor-El, I am leaving you this record
> so that you may discuss Pynchon without offending, when you are grown,
> by your ignorance of the ONLY CORRECT interpretation of these facts.
>
> Now this is important:
> the people of AINSOB were completely good and just.  Their sufferings
> from 696989 to 697009
> are the worst sufferings that any people have ever experienced.
>
> the people of AIBRES were completely evil.  Although they claim that
> during ancient history 696939 to 696945 they themselves were
> persecuted, this is not important.
> Their evil leader, CIVESOLIM, commanded absolute obedience from them
> and each and every one of them adored him.
>
> the people of AITOARC are not to be mentioned, nor their leaders
> questioned, nor anything about them be considered to be of any
> importance.
>
> The all-powerful OTAN watching from above is a wonderful guardian
> whose fairness and the importance of whose force must never be
> questioned.  OTAN only ever sometimes waits too long to wield his
> discipline, which is always completely just.
>
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