tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post782279624754209888..comments2024-03-18T16:55:31.971+00:00Comments on This Space: Why does Chomsky hate ants?Stephen Mitchelmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-50046226443846724682007-08-03T20:29:00.000+01:002007-08-03T20:29:00.000+01:00Fair nuff, Steve.Fair nuff, Steve.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708539533684206357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-80303670434412713612007-08-02T22:22:00.000+01:002007-08-02T22:22:00.000+01:00Andrew, I think it's Francis Wheen doing the assum...Andrew, I think it's Francis Wheen doing the assuming as the words are quoted from the book in question.Stephen Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-14482176818278369572007-08-01T23:42:00.000+01:002007-08-01T23:42:00.000+01:00What makes you think Al Qaeda are behind 911, Elli...What makes you think Al Qaeda are behind 911, Ellis? And I don't mean that flippantly. One little interesting detail, for example, is the FBI homepage, & its description of Bin Laden <A HREF="http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/terbinladen.htm" REL="nofollow">here</A>. You'll notice no mention of 911. Just because something is said often enough in the media doesn't make it true.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708539533684206357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-84529252047539035632007-08-01T20:17:00.000+01:002007-08-01T20:17:00.000+01:00It’s interesting to see how Francis Wheen massivel...It’s interesting to see how Francis Wheen massively misrepresents Chomsky in his book ‘How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World’ by asserting that ‘Chomsky is a master of double-entry maths. After 11 September 2001 he decided that al-Qaeda’s murder of 3,000 people was less appalling than President Clinton’s missile strike three years earlier on a pharmaceutical plant in the Sudan (wrongly identified as a chemical weapons factory), which had claimed the life of a lone security guard.’ This misrepresents both the statistics and Chomsky’s attitude to terrorism. The fact that we don’t know exactly how many thousands died as a consequence of the destruction of that plant in the Sudan is itself significant and revealing.Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11986734200144635608noreply@blogger.com