Re: Scienter and all that stuff

[jamesd@netcom.com (James A. Donald)]

L. Todd Masco writes
> I don't think it's nearly as black & white as you suggest:  Our systems
> are not monolithic and some consitutional and democratic principles do
> still have some sway.  Noam Chomsky discusses this when he talks about
> reasons for optimism.

Of course Noam Chomsky is optimistic - he favors limitless and absolute
state power and the forcible and violent silencing of all those who
deviate from political correctness.

If I was campaigning to make a the US a totalitarian terrorist
state, I would be full of optimism.