Mason A. Clark wrote: > Looseness with facts I thought was a media trait decried by Chomsky. > It seems that his pretended followers have adopted the trait as their own. > > >What state interests did it serve to promote high-end speculations about > >the Khmer Rouge death toll? Well, one big one was to obscure the > >*earlier* genocide--namely the one conducted by U.S. warplanes against > >the Khmer population, which not only killed hundreds of thousands, but > >which, by destroying the fabric of Khmer society, laid the groundwork for > >the ultimate takeover by the Khmer Rouge. Perhaps you can tell us what facts have played with loosely here. Be aware that we have seen the documentation of this in Chomsky and Herman's work, and that you will have to argue against the Finnish Inquiry Commission and scholars specializing in the subject, from which C&H derive their conclusions. -- --------------------------------------------------- Dan Clore The Website of Lord We˙rdgliffe: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9879/index.html Welcome to the Waughters.... The Dan Clore Necronomicon Page: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9879/necpage.htm Because the true mysteries cannot be profaned.... "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!"