Damn, I went & read the whole thing; nasty.
I have to agree that especially a big publisher should try to check the
basic facts; & when someone like Alexie warns them, then they really
should.
On the other hand, in the US today it seems very few people actually
want the 'facts.' Among those who do, of course, are all the people I
know...., say, like fellow petcs....
Doug
On 27-Jan-06, at 3:23 AM, Dominic Fox wrote:
> http://www.laweekly.com/index.php?
> option=com_lawcontent&task=view&id=12468&Itemid=47
>
> The susceptibility to manipulation of multiculturalist empathy has
> partly to do with its irrational basis, but more to do with its
> irrational-ist refusal to question narratives and check facts; as if
> there were some things no-one would ever lie about, or as if it would
> be so spectacularly deviant and wicked to lie about such things that
> even to suspect this of somebody would be to do them a terrible
> injustice. And, anyway, what's a lie? What is truth? What are you,
> some sort of cop? Get out of my face, you arrogant self-appointed
> judge of the truth of other people's *authentic testimony*! What right
> have you to question me?
>
> Dominic
>
> --
> Shall we be pure or impure? Today
> we shall be very pure. It must always
> be possible to contain
> impurities in a pure way.
> --Tarmo Uustalu and Varmo Vene
>
>
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