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 > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com