Give up Wei you EFFing git. The second law of thermodynamics applies once again--you've just helped speed the degenerative cycle a bit. Instead of promoting free discussion as you imply you have utterly impeded it. Just as I said. Give up Wei. You lose.

Now go try and recover your extremely narrow and unhappy life in the little time you've remaining.

M Deporres

On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 06:47:39 GMT  En Lin Wei <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> JB wrote:
>
> <<
>
> Date:    Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:50:16 EDT
> From:    [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Can Pound be a Fascist and Love the Workers at the Same Time?
>
> In a message dated 08/09/2000 3:00:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> <<
> What I find a bit puzzling in your position is that you seem very willing to
> see a real contradiction in American foreign policy.  For example, you
> rightly say that it is hypocritical for the US to claim it is for democracy
> when it overthrows a democratically elected government in Guatemala, only to
> give support to a dictatorship which kills over 200,000 people.
>   >>
>
>
> <Pound never killed anyone.
> <Pound never killed anyone.
> <Pound never killed
> anyone.
>
>
> So, may I conclude that you do not distinguish the political stance of Ezra
> Pound from the stance of any advocate of US foreign policies (such as those
> in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Vietnam) which resulted in the deaths of tens of
> thousands, or millions--- as long as the person did not participate in the
> killing? If they did not kill anyone their views should not be subject to
> criticism?
>
> So, for example, if a journalist, writer, or poet, on TV said that we should
> support a war in the middle east, or the Balkans, or in Colombia (that one
> might be imminent), you would not criticize their view?
>
> If you DID criticise Journalist X who supported the Vietnam War,  could I
> respond, "Your comments are irrelevant, because Mr. X did not kill anyone,
> did not kill anyone, did not kill anyone."   (?)
>
> ---Wei
>
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