----- Original Message -----
From: "Frederick Pollack" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 23 October 2001 00:43
Subject: Re: Poem
| As I've said before, bin Laden and Islamic fascism cannot be regarded as
| representing the poor and oppressed of the earth, and would replace the
| rule of global capitalism with something worse.
The lying murderers who run the world would have us believe that things are
binary - if you don't want A then you get B - but we don't have to be so
simple-minded as to swallow such predictable rhetorical nonsense
"Islamic fascism", what exactly is that?
"and Islamic fascism"... so bin Laden isn't a fascist? or is he? What is a
fascist? Who is bin Laden?
To quote a phrase from Washington, I don't have any objective proof that he
did commit the worst crime in the history of the world
I hope Alison will forgive me if I say that wasn't the best poem she's
written. It disappointed me; but because I have high expectations when I see
her name on a piece of writing.
But it wasn't smug. Poetry vs smug rhetoric is a false binary. Binaries
nearly always are false. It wasn't smug; it was losing control. It's a risk
worth taking
L
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