By the way, I thought Chomsky is supposed to be an anarchist - so why the
trip over my simple self-amusement (writing backwards)?
DDeBar

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> From: Frank Scott <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CHOMSKY] Reverse Speech
> Date: Thursday, March 26, 1998 9:29 PM
>
> My message was not directed at any particular person. It was addressed to
> those who read backwards. Had I meant it to refer specifically to one
> person, I would have said-specifically-that the person in question was
one
> who read backwards.
>
> Please be careful about logic, debate or willingness to consider topics,
if
> not willing to consider issues as something more than personal. That's
part
> of the problem.
>
> By the way, there was a pop campaign back in the days of the Beatles,
that
> insisted playing a certain record backwards would reveal that Paul was
> dead...and there are still segments of the popuation who play records
> backwards to get messages from or about satan. Nothing new here, except
that
> some academic hustler may have found a way to get published by
formalizing
> this thesis, or creating a wonderful joke.
>
> Smile. Lighten up. And get serious.
>
> frank scott