Cyndi wrote:
>Chomsky said having an offical view of history is wrong and he could not
>support it. He felt it was dangerous to impose a government's view on
>academics, even if that view happened to coincide with your own view
>(things can always change).
I tired to do a web search on this Chomsky story and ended up
with thousands of hits. It appears there there are many
stories, but the basic philosophy is intact. Some interesting
sites are:
http://www.geocities/CapitolHill/Senate/3761/denial.html
http://members/home.net/tobiasn/humurrell/quotes
I've seen many references to Chomsky as an activist because of
the volume of his writing. Much of this is in the form of letters
to friends. He seems willing to give opinions and many subjects
and his views are usually unique. I suspect if his views were
non-controversial he would not be considered an activist. This
was my point. Chomsky is willing to take unconventional positions
on issues and be visible. That makes him an activist. In this
sense everyone who writes on ecopath is an activist. Many of
our topics are counter culture and deal with change.
Here are some quotes i found today that were enjoyed:
True literature can exist only where it is created, not by
diligent and trustworthy officials, but by madmen, hermits,
heretics, dreamers, rebels, and skeptics.
-- Yevgeny Zamyatin
I suggest that the only books that can influence us are those
for which we are ready, and which have gone a little further
down our particular path.
-- E. M. Forster
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