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THETRUTHWILLSETU3 9/11 Truth critic
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Rabbie McM Minor Poster
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:39 am Post subject: |
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I've never really got it with Chomsky. Often quoted in mainstream press - that in itself should raise suspicions. Heavily quoted in academia, as some kind of leftist linguistic guru. I've seen some evidence that he is a paid shill. On the other side, is he now just an old man who finds it too difficult and painful to change his world view?
Hisham Tillawi - the interviewer - don't know much about him. Why did he just question him about the Pentagon? Then go onto "safe" questions like Iraq? 9-11 is the key to understanding the neo con war machine. I couldn't be bothered watching it beyond 10 mins, anything on 9-11 further on?
Nevertheless I found it interesting what Chomsky said about "9-11 conspiracy theories" being allowed to flourish as it suits the government. Of course in some aspects this is correct, when it is disinfo. Shades of the Matrix and 1984, cultivated resistance. The powers that be know who the dissidents are then can discredit them all (or worse) at the appointed time.
In short, this goes to show that no man or woman should be hero worshipped and that all should strive for the truth not on anothers say so but on hard facts and evidence. Most of us on this site I daresay have moved way beyond the level of analysis Chomsky offers. |
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prole art threat Validated Poster
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:48 am Post subject: |
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I reckon he is totally overrated anyway, nothing special at all but is it his him who is playing a significant role in keeping this underwraps. Im sorry, but if he cant see through this 9/11 issue I feel he is either a fraud or has been winging it all along. His is a prime example of how we dont need 'political heroes.'
He's the nursemaid for the chronically deluded Socialist Worker's Party.
Forget him, he's useless. |
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sr4470 Moderate Poster
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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A gatekeeper that helps reinforce the left-right paradigm.
Forget Chomsky, we have more serious issues to discuss. The same league involved in things like secret eugenics programs (one of these just come out in the Chicago Tribune - a 60 year mass sterilisation of 400,000 American females involving Anderson Cooper happened between about 1920 and 1980 - single parent family, less than B+ on your report card? Then the medical students get to remove...you get the idea) would have no hesitation in carrying out 9\11. Once we crack this nut, everything else will follow. _________________ "All we need is the right major crisis, and the nations will accept the New World Order." - David Rockefeller |
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coconut Minor Poster
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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sr4470 wrote: | A gatekeeper that helps reinforce the left-right paradigm.
Forget Chomsky, we have more serious issues to discuss. The same league involved in things like secret eugenics programs (one of these just come out in the Chicago Tribune - a 60 year mass sterilisation of 400,000 American females involving Anderson Cooper happened between about 1920 and 1980 - single parent family, less than B+ on your report card? Then the medical students get to remove...you get the idea) would have no hesitation in carrying out 9\11. Once we crack this nut, everything else will follow. |
400,000? What's the evidence of this? I only read something around 60,000 when the states that did came out and apologised. |
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sr4470 Moderate Poster
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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coconut wrote: | 400,000? What's the evidence of this? I only read something around 60,000 when the states that did came out and apologised. |
I'm not a subscriber so I couldnt get the full article. Which source said 60,000? _________________ "All we need is the right major crisis, and the nations will accept the New World Order." - David Rockefeller |
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utopiated Validated Poster
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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For a guy that virtually deconstructed linguistics to their DNA source [if you like that sort of thing] AND someone who has, in his own way, done nothing but highlight the role of imperialist actions globally - you would tend to think that Chomsky would find this one a doddle.
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chek Mega Poster
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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I would also defend Chomsky, even if only because of his past work.
Manaufacture of Consent was ground breaking in exposing the use of language as a weapon of control, and that alone is a major lifetime achievement in anybody's book.
As for the reasons for his post 911 silence, I don't like to speculate.
But having seen the list of 'professional experts' who all attested to how easy it is for kerosene fires to topple steel skyscrapers, I don't think it's entirely voluntary. |
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Salacid Minor Poster
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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chek wrote: | But having seen the list of 'professional experts' who all attested to how easy it is for kerosene fires to topple steel skyscrapers |
Can you provide any links for this evidence? |
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chek Mega Poster
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Salacid wrote: | chek wrote: | But having seen the list of 'professional experts' who all attested to how easy it is for kerosene fires to topple steel skyscrapers |
Can you provide any links for this evidence? |
Hope these help.
e x c e r p t
title: Intense heat melted steel supports in Trade Center
authors: Daniel Scarpinato
Although the impact of the jetliners was strong, it was the heat
from the explosion that most likely caused the buildings to
collapse, experts say.
Richard Ebeltoft, a structural engineer and University of Arizona
architecture lecturer, speculated that flames fueled by thousands of
gallons of aviation fuel melted the building's steel supports.
site: wildcat.arizona.edu page:
wildcat.arizona.edu/papers/95/17/01_9_m.html
e x c e r p t
title: Kamikaze Attackers May Have Known Twin Sisters' Weak Spot
authors:
Hyman Brown, a University of Colorado civil engineering professor
and the Trade Center's construction manager, speculated that flames
fuelled by thousands of litres of aviation fuel melted steel
supports.
"This building would have stood had a plane or a force caused by a
plane smashed into it," he said. "But steel melts, and 90,850 litres
of aviation fluid melted the steel. Nothing is designed or will be
designed to withstand that fire."
site: sunTimes.co.za page:
www.suntimes.co.za/2001/09/12/architect.asp
e x c e r p t
title: Design Choice for Towers Saved Lives
authors: Eugenie Samuel and Damian Carrington
Each tower was struck by a passenger aeroplane, hijacked by suicidal
terrorists, but remained upright for nearly an hour. Eventually
raging fires melted the supporting steel struts, but the time delay
allowed hundreds of people to escape.
site: NewScientist.com page: www.newscientist.com/article.ns?
id=dn1281
e x c e r p t
title: How the World Trade Center fell
authors: Sheila Barter
"It was the fire that killed the buildings. There's nothing on earth
that could survive those temperatures with that amount of fuel
burning." aid structural engineer Chris Wise.
"The columns would have melted, the floors would have melted and
eventually they would have collapsed one on top of each other."
site: news.bbc.co.uk page:
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1540044.stm
e x c e r p t
title: Twin Towers' Steel Under Scrutiny
authors:
[Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Newcastle,
John Knapton] told BBC News Online: "The world trade centre was
designed to withstand the impact of a Boeing 707, but that was
unusual... we are trying to discover why they [ the towers ]
collapsed and what needs doing to rebuild them."
"The buildings survived the impact and the explosion but not the
fire, and that is the problem."
"The 35 tonnes of aviation fuel will have melted the steel... all
that can be done is to place fire resistant material around the
steel and delay the collapse by keeping the steel cool for longer."
site: news.bbc.co.uk page: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1604348.stm
A Ludicrous Claim
Skeptics of the official collapse theory were quick to point out
that the claim that fires melted the steel is nonsensical. On
October 21, 2001 J. McMichael wrote a now-classic article exposing
many ludicrous claims by proponents of the gravity collapse theory,
including the fire-melts-steel claim.
e x c e r p t
title: Muslims Suspend Laws of Physics!
authors: J. McMichael
I try not to think about that. I try not to think about a petroleum
fire burning for 104 minutes, just getting hotter and hotter until
it reached 1538 degrees Celsius (2800 Fahrenheit) and melted the
steel
...
Whether the fuel burned gradually at a temperature below the boiling
point of jet fuel (360 C), or burned rapidly above the boiling point
of jet fuel, in neither case would an office building full of
spilled jet fuel sustain a fire at 815 degrees C.
page: 911review.com/articles/jm/mslp_1.htm
Later, Eric Hufschmid appealed to people's experience with
hydrocarbon-fueled fires, such as wood stoves and gas burners, to
highlight the absurdity of the fire-melts-steel claim in the video
Painful Deceptions.
In a slide show first presented on September 11, 2003, Jim Hoffman
noted the vast difference between the temperatures achievable by
open flames and those required to melt steel.
e x c e r p t
title: The Twin Towers' Demolition
authors: Jim Hoffman
The Killer Fires Theory is Pure Fantasy
The simple facts of temperatures:
1535C (2795F) - melting point of iron
1510C (2750F) - melting point of typical structural steel
825C (1517F) - maximum temperature of hydrocarbon fires burning in
the atmosphere without pressurization or pre-heating
(premixed fuel and air - blue flame)
Diffuse flames burn far cooler.
Oxygen-starved diffuse flames are cooler yet.
The fires in the towers were diffuse -- well below 800C.
Their dark smoke showed they were oxygen-starved -- particularly in
the South Tower.
site: 911research.wtc7.net page:
911research.wtc7.net/talks/towers/meltdownre.html
the National Institute of Standards and Technology issued its own
statement Thursday.
Some steel recovered from the WTC was exposed to fires of only 400
to 600 degrees, the institute said, but computer modeling has shown
higher temperatures of 1,100 to 1,300 degrees or greater
were "likely" experienced by steel in regions directly affected by
the fires.
The Institute believes impact from the jets dislodged fireproofing
surrounding some of the steel, and the higher temperatures led to
the buckling of the towers' core columns."
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uselesseater Trustworthy Freedom Fighter
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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Wow. Look at all those wing nuts caliming a hydrocarbon fire can reach temperatures hot enough to melt steel.
Re Chomsky. I've read a couple of his books and they are a good info resource but according to some sources he receives funding from rockefeller, ford, shcumann et al.
Makes perfect sense, too. Maybe he'll write a book about himself called 'managing desent' one day? |
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MiniMauve Moderate Poster
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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The sense I get of Chomsky is that he is an old crusader that spends so much energy on what has been his life's work that he has nothing to spare for 911. If it had happened when he was a young man, I suspect he would be involved in 911 research. On the other hand, maybe he wouldn't. He has always taken a very wide view in tracking capitalist imperialism. In that sense, 911 is a small blip in a long record of greed-nurtured genocide. 911 is not a significant crime when compared with other genocides in terms of a body count. Heck, the results of 911 (hundreds of thousands of innocents slaughtered in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon) are far more serious crimes than 911. The difference is that it happened on capitalist soil, so much more attention is paid to it and of course, it was the catalyst for those genocides.
Anyway, while I find Chomsky's point of view to often be too remotely academic for me, he should be commended for a life's work of telling the truth about imperial capitalism while most of the rest of us slept. He should not be maligned b/c he hasn't joined our little pet conspiracy. _________________ Stick to what you KNOW. All else is disinformation, intended or not. |
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prole art threat Validated Poster
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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uselesseater wrote: |
Re Chomsky. I've read a couple of his books and they are a good info resource but according to some sources he receives funding from rockefeller, ford, shcumann et al.
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The old sod deserves to be shot if that's the truth. |
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chek Mega Poster
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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prole art threat wrote: | uselesseater wrote: |
Re Chomsky. I've read a couple of his books and they are a good info resource but according to some sources he receives funding from rockefeller, ford, shcumann et al.
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The old sod deserves to be shot if that's the truth. |
I have to strongly disagree with that. Just think every major artist
in history was paid by the richest most evil men on earth on the time.
Chomsky is those guys' artist of words.
Sometimes the work transcends the patron, unless you work in advertising which in itself is a form of psy-ops and therfore doesn't count.
Think baby's/bathwater |
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waking life Minor Poster
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chek Mega Poster
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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That's certainly a very ruthless position you have there
I'm no expert, and in no position to defend the guy in any great detail - I've only ever read 3/4 of Manufacture of Consent about 7 or 8 years ago.
But if you were to ask me would the world be better off with or without the man my answer is with, unquestionably. |
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prole art threat Validated Poster
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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chek wrote: |
That's certainly a very ruthless position you have there
I'm no expert, and in no position to defend the guy in any great detail - I've only ever read 3/4 of Manufacture of Consent about 7 or 8 years ago.
But if you were to ask me would the world be better off with or without the man my answer is with, unquestionably. |
Ive read some of his books and I reckon his writing style is uneventful and his presentation sluggish. He constantly talks about the 'class struggle' and how we have achieved lots of things through peaceful protest. All he seems to really want to do is currupt leadership style that keeps us all in line and in place whilst spreading some deluded idea that we are winning. He's full of *. |
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chek Mega Poster
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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prole art threat wrote: | chek wrote: |
That's certainly a very ruthless position you have there
I'm no expert, and in no position to defend the guy in any great detail - I've only ever read 3/4 of Manufacture of Consent about 7 or 8 years ago.
But if you were to ask me would the world be better off with or without the man my answer is with, unquestionably. |
Ive read some of his books and I reckon his writing style is uneventful and his presentation sluggish. He constantly talks about the 'class struggle' and how we have achieved lots of things through peaceful protest. All he seems to really want to do is currupt leadership style that keeps us all in line and in place whilst spreading some deluded idea that we are winning. He's full of *. |
He came up with an idea that is now commonly accepted - the tools of controlled media and use of language to ultimately confer legitamacy on government.
It's all very well saying that's obvious now, but that's because he did the work that makes us comfortable with that concept.
That's not small potatoes - to me that's an achievement. |
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paul wright Moderator
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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Chomsky has exactly the key to the media's mass mind manipulation but doesnt follow it through to its logical conclusion
This is a commonplace amongst the idealogues of the left and anarchism both. They haven't been able to make that paradigm switch quite, though the menace is burgeoning in on them
If you could see the heart-rending and worry and doubt amongst the uk indymedia mods as they struggle to produce a feature article on 9/11 Truth for the central column, it'd make you laugh as they try to produce a format which won't turn off the gatekeepers of the Left by appearing to support 'conspiracy theory' Woe unto them, I fear they might find their topic dead in the water by the time they can agree on something
But please support our allies there by always responding positively to Truth posts which are frequently appearing in the Newswire
As a main activist news place they need the boost we can give
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uselesseater Trustworthy Freedom Fighter
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah dh. I'll get on there. I love how 9/11 truth shatters the fake left/right paradigm and most other false consructs of control. |
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paul wright Moderator
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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Absolutely useless eater
It's an endless lesson in letting go
If you cant find it for yourself, Ill turn it up, but the Indy list is an endless source of fascination
Our best comrade Chris from Sheffield who did all the photos and is most on our side as long as it excludes AJ and Rense, you know he's a lovely guy who has done most to turn Indy around, but the process is slow and painful _________________ http://www.exopolitics-leeds.co.uk/introduction |
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John White Site Admin
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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Just a thought:
Whats the % change that chomsky made a decision not to touch 911 truth becuase the public wouldnt believe it and by going into that area he would undermine all the areas he has been campaigning on for most of his adult life?
easy enough 5 years on to call that a mistake, not so easy to say that 5 years ago
Yes, one can raise questions about Chomsky but calling him a "shill" with no evidance to back it up is somewhat stupid, and only re-inforces the gatekeeper mindset that has seen the "left" resist 911 truth to date
Im am realist of course, I'd hardly expect this post to make a difference even if my supposition was correct
its just a thought
If an analogy is needed its not too hard:
how many posters here privately have doubts about the accuracy of the official account of the Holocaust?
If that was the case, and you were well known publically as a speaker and author for 911 truth: would you say anything? _________________ Free your Self and Free the World |
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prole art threat Validated Poster
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:07 am Post subject: |
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Oh John, youre equating 9/11 Truth with Holocaust denial. They are completely different things. Why are you saying that? |
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John White Site Admin
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:14 am Post subject: |
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No, Im showing the mental leap required to go from chalk to cheese, even though cheese fanciers might want one too
Try the post again
The very fact that the words "holocaust denial" (which i didnt use) are so emotive shows the value of the analogy when considering Chomsky's willingness or otherwise to alledge the US government murdered its own citizens instead of those from other countries (for a change) _________________ Free your Self and Free the World |
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prole art threat Validated Poster
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:22 am Post subject: |
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John White wrote: | No, Im showing the mental leap required to go from chalk to cheese, even though cheese fanciers might want one too
Try the post again
The very fact that the words "holocaust denial" (which i didnt use) are so emotive shows the value of the analogy when considering Chomsky's willingness or otherwise to alledge the US government murdered its own citizens instead of those from other countries (for a change) |
Oh, sorry mate, must be my tired eyes. |
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paul wright Moderator
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John White wrote: | No, Im showing the mental leap required to go from chalk to cheese, even though cheese fancies might want one too
Try the post again |
I almost agree with John White as usual
Chomsky knows how it is but chooses to keep his distance - the b*stard - in fact my defence of these left/anarchic types is almost exhausted
If they wont take the final step then f**k 'em
I'm tired of this now
Especially with this tabloid style asterisking
West Yorkshire Truth Campaign
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John White Site Admin
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I'd just like to state that I've got absolutely no proof whatsoever my little supposition about Chomsky is correct: its just that its equally as valid as declaring the reason why chomsky wont go near 911 is becuase hes in bed with the intelligence services, and based on equal amounts of evidance
Its not even important: unless we are interested in reaching out to "Chomskites"? _________________ Free your Self and Free the World |
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waking life Minor Poster
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chek wrote: |
That's certainly a very ruthless position you have there
I'm no expert, and in no position to defend the guy in any great detail - I've only ever read 3/4 of Manufacture of Consent about 7 or 8 years ago.
But if you were to ask me would the world be better off with or without the man my answer is with, unquestionably. |
It may seem like a ruthless position to you, but Chomsky is a man in a very influential postion, who still claims to support the conspiracy theory that Oswald killed JFK.
This is either an incredibly scared man, or controlled opposition.
Did you watch his pathetic performance in defence of the 9/11 myth?
For such an intelligent man, he looked like a complete idiot, who failed to come up with one decent arguement. He then went on to say this, "Even if they were true...who cares".
The man has absolutely no credibility. |
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coconut Minor Poster
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waking life wrote: |
For such an intelligent man, he looked like a complete idiot, who failed to come up with one decent arguement. He then went on to say this, "Even if they were true...who cares".
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...where can we find this?? |
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chek Mega Poster
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waking life wrote: | chek wrote: |
That's certainly a very ruthless position you have there
I'm no expert, and in no position to defend the guy in any great detail - I've only ever read 3/4 of Manufacture of Consent about 7 or 8 years ago.
But if you were to ask me would the world be better off with or without the man my answer is with, unquestionably. |
It may seem like a ruthless position to you, but Chomsky is a man in a very influential postion, who still claims to support the conspiracy theory that Oswald killed JFK.
This is either an incredibly scared man, or controlled opposition.
Did you watch his pathetic performance in defence of the 9/11 myth?
For such an intelligent man, he looked like a complete idiot, who failed to come up with one decent arguement. He then went on to say this, "Even if they were true...who cares".
The man has absolutely no credibility. |
That does sum up his stated position, but it seems to me something is very wrong. I can't say I understand it either. |
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