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>Chomsky's support for the US empire in Yugoslavia must be forgiven.

William,

I do wish you'd refrain from making these silly, snide comments. I don't
see why my InBox has to fill up with drivel such as this. While I most
certainly empathize with your contempt for U.S. policy, I'm afraid you
come across as naive and foolish. Your e-mails are going to several dozen
people and yet you do not seem to feel the slightest obligation to offer
either info or analysis. If you're just being hugely ironic, I'm afraid
it isn't funny. Last time you accused me of being a silent accessory to
the genocide in Vietnam, and you accused a Serbian, with whom you did not
agree, of being a CIA agent. Other posts have been of the consummate
Bears Shit In The Woods variety: Israel is a U.S. surrogate: Corporate
media is biased: the NATO bombing was wicked... etc. Can't you see this
is all just tedious drivel? The vigour of your earnestness reminds me of
a spitting contest. Please bear in mind that there are sentient beings on
this list, and apply a little bit of sentience to your penny's worth. Why
not write a little piece, for instance, on what you see as 'Milosevicism'
in terms of education, welfare state, the judiciary, labour rights,
healthcare etc. and perhaps kick off an interesting discussion of what
the Balkans lost when he fell from power.

I do not think you should be censored William - this is just a plea for
you to censor yourself, or maybe express yourself in a way that actually
contributes something.

My apologies to everyone else on this list for clogging up YOUR InBoxes
with THIS e-mail.

Cheers

Adrian

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