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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
It's not about being the cats ass, it's about preventing the muddying of waters about a respected scholar's academic record by someone who's never even read his work, and goes solely by the non-peer reviewed opinion pieces of his detractors, many of whom are themselves proven plagiarists and fabricators. I just wanted to point out for anyone else that may be unfamiliar with chomsky that you don't know what you're talking about in regards to that particular subject, so your point of view should be seen in that light. It would be like me insulting the flames draft history without knowing a single draft pick.
I don't care about the survival rate. I was pointing out how rediculous it is to say 4000 dead when the upper most ceiling possible, should everything align perfectly, would barely surpass that number. I could just as easily use the figure of 10 dead, because the precedent of these attacks has resulted in the deaths of only those sitting in the seat where the bomb is located. That would be based more on reality than the figure of 4000, but would also be improper because of a total dismissal of other possible outcomes. It's akin to statiscal outliers.
Again, this isn't about whether there was a plot or not, but rather the assertion by both governments that the attack was imminent and pressing. Hmm, where else have we heard that before?
This isn't about a terrorplot, it's about the subtle manipulation of a population by their government. To what ends isn't really that important, the crux of the issue is wilfully misleading the public by their elected representatives.
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And you have proof it wasn't imminent? What would the motives of the government be to arrest the plotters other than public safety? They had already made their martyrdom videos, must have been pretty close.
You have proof that we are being subtly manipualted by our government? Maybe you watch too much news and think that the publis is as easily mis-led as you are?
By the way, Chomsky is a LINGUIST. Him talking about mid-east affairs is like a bacteriologist talking about the half-life of plutonium.