Didn't I send that Wolin rant last night to the list?
Just to show y'all that Leo can make distinctions, too.He can hate
Chomsky but, see that the Hitch is closer to his p.o.v.
Michael Pugliese
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From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 9:41 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:17556] Re: Fw: [ASDnet] Wolin v. Hitchens
> apropos of what?
>
> On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 09:15:34AM -0700, Michael Pugliese wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
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> > Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 9:07 AM
> > Subject: RE: [ASDnet] Wolin v. Hitchens
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> >
> > There must be two Christopher Hitchens, since Wolin is responding to an
article that is almost, point for point, the opposite of the "Against
Rationalization" one I read.
> >
> > << There is something especially sinister about the article you
> > forwarded to me. By focusing on the purportedly profound question of
"why" Tuesday's events came to pass instead of the question of "how" (as if
this "why" is a mystery to all but the "enlightened" Christopher Hitchens),
Hitchens suggests, via insinuation and innuendo, that in essence the United
States brought this attack upon itself. This is the clear thrust of
Hitchens's essay. But, in cowardly fashion, he refuses to state his thesis
directly, for fear, no doubt, of having to take responsibility for its
implications.
> >
> > In the recent Guardian article and elsewhere, Hitchens insinuates that
this "why" is a relatively simple matter: the US is supporting a "racist"
Israeli government that has brought untold and undeserved woe upon the
innocently suffering peoples of the Middle East - the Palestinians in
particular. But in making such claims, Hitchens makes things too easy for
himself. Here, too, I'm afraid Hitchens needs another history lesson - a
field that's obviously not his strong point. >>
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