[thechat] Justice, was Chomsky, was Michael Moore's message
Martin
martin at members.evolt.org
Tue Sep 18 15:12:34 CDT 2001
Erika Meyer wrote on 17/9/01 10:54 pm
>Certain pundits have suggested that the best way to defeat terrorism
>in places like Afghanistan would be to help rebuild that broken-down
>country, so that the support for terrorists is weakened.
I saw a piece of commentary today which called for a Marshall Plan
for Afghanistan - the soundbite was "Carpet bombing with food"
>We are a horribly indoctrinated nation, where corporate interests
>define both domestic and foreign policy.
A later part of the same article raised the interesting point that
'free speech' is only invoked when there's no great difference of
opinion.
Cheers
Martin
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