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Skriven 2006-04-22 07:27:46 av JOHNJWILSON (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ED HULETT
Ärende: And ANOTHER one!
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->  J> My gawd, you are the age of my dsughter. Surely you do know better.
-> 
-> I am 53. I have no idea how old your "dsughter" [sic] might be.
->

You mentioned your age in another post.
She is 53.  
.
-> 
-> You know nothing about me.

From your posts here, I know far too much about you.

> 
-> I'm not. I do know that when a US expat uses such spelling it isn't from
-> learning to spell that way. When Canadians don't even use such
-> affectations it makes the US expat look superficial.
->
 
->  J> British spelling  is not obligitory. :-)
-> 
-> You use it like you think it is.
->
Two silly opinions.
 
->  J> Nor is it frowned upon. Ask your a some people. :-)
-> 
-> It is when it is used by native US citizens just because they live north
-> of the border.

Well, you just frown away...:-)
-> 
 
->  J> He has lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy as well as
politics. I
->  J> count thirteen books on politics alone.
-> 
-> Good for him. That doesn't make him an expert...

What would?

, nor does it require
-> everyone to swoon at his name.
->
Swoon? :-) 

->  J> Commenplace. Sure, comparaed with your reasoned, superbly well
thought
->  J> out analysis. :-)
-> 
-> I wasn't comparing him to me...

No kidding!


 I am humble that I "know no more" as my sig
-> line says.

You seem to know enough to appraise Chomsky's worth --
'blathering, etc.

Your humility is probably in evidence elsewhere. I hope. :-)

 
->  J> (I have yet to read his international best-seller "9/11")
-> 
-> Go for it. I'm sure that in it he will blame the US for the attacks.
->
You ARE sure of things you guess at.

 
->  J> Doin' pretty good for a blathering, pedestran thinker. :-)
-> 
-> Pedestrian WRT politics.

And your conclusion is reached how? Assiduous study, understanding and
knowledge? 
-> 

-> 
-> Then, why do you worship his "towering intellect?"
-> 
->
Worship? Just respect. A comcerpt evidently foreign to you.

->  J>>> Chomsky became impressive to me in the fifties, as I tried to
->  J> follow his
->  J>>> excursions into lingustics and sewmantics...it was years later
->  J> before I
->  J>>> paid much attention to his polemics political,,, -> -> ->  J>
->  J> (Which are filled with facts, citations, references... which are
hard to
->  J>>> dispute...
-> 
->  ->> Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!
-> 
->  J> Now there is a cogent reaction. :-)
-> 
-> Chomsky is an avowed socialist who espouses a certain political view
-> shared, unfortunately for our young people, by too many of his
-> contemporaries.
->
And where did you acertain that he is an 'avowed socialist'?
 
-> 
-> You effort to insult me into embracing Chomsky's ideology is failing. I
-> prefer to think for myself.
->
I have never suggested that you enbrace anything.

Try to remain truthful,

-> 
-> Anyone who is "proud" of their own accomplishments is an ignorant fool.
-> 
That's me. :)

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