[thechat] Justice, was Chomsky, was Michael Moore's message

[Martin]

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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