Noam Chomsky's statement on killing of Osama bin Laden

[Richard Ryan]

One shouldn't blow up villages; one should blow up prisons and
compounds - especially compounds with tyrants or terrorists lurking
inside.


On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
> Also liberalism is a sketchy word, And what is progressive? It all gets vague fast.  Liberal has the long standing meaning of generous, willing to share, kind. Adding ism and trying to make that an elaborate political philosophy has seriously overloaded the carrying capacity of a word. These terms get defined, redefined, watered down, elaborated, and filled with a fair amount of shit to where the there is no shared consensus of meaning.
> One thing I s for damn sure. It is no better to have your village blown to smithereens by a Liberal, than by any other asshole.
> On May 16, 2011, at 11:57 AM, Joseph Tracy wrote:
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>> My question, as far as the isms issue is whether there is substantial evidence that Chomsky ascribes to some grand ism. I have never gotten that sense from reading him over the years. He seems to be a pragmatic socialist with a strong commitment to basic freedoms and the equal application of law. Is it "utopian" to think we can have a world without a dominant empire that steals most of the resources?
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