Rakesh, ease up please. On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 04:28:11PM -0800, Rakesh Bhandari wrote: > Jim writes: > > > > >Just because GWB -- and his ilk -- almost always misuses words doesn't mean > >that I should avoid using words. > > > no but you shouldn't misuse them or use opprobrious language selectively. > > > > > >I think that people should (1) face Christopher Hitchens' point that ObL is > >a horrible authoritarian -- call it fascist or call it anything you want -- > >and > > ah so it comes back to hitchens who asserts falsely that osama bin > laden would bring even harsher theocratic rule to Sa'udi Arabia. > That's my point: if you want in this context to call osama a clerical > fascist--which is fine by me --you should call the House of Sa'ud the > same. this is not fight about soft vs. hard "clerical fascism" within > Sa'udi Arabia, ok? Hitchens is simply a liar. Sad to see that you > don't understand that. > > > > > > >(2) argue against it based on other facts, logic, etc. Simply quibbling > >over words doesn't help and in fact smacks of apologing for ObL. > > i'm not arguing about words; i am arguing about the consistent usage > of words. You are inconsistent. > > > > > > > >Instead, we should be arguing that using strategic bombing (etc.) to kill > >off the Taliban is wrong -- even though they are "fascists" (or whatever). > > > No we should argue that killing "fascists" to shore up the rule of > "fascists" in Saudi Arabia is wrong. King Fahd and the Crown prince > Abdullah are just "our fascists". > > Am I really being that unclear? > > Rakesh > > > > > > > >
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