From: Alfio Puglisi (puglisi@arcetri.astro.it)
Date: Thu Jun 05 2003 - 02:25:32 MDT
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:
>Obviously, you do not have maniacs and fanatics in Italia ;-) !!
We have our share of right-wing fascists, and communist-from-russia
left fellows :-)) Oh, and a long history of left terrorism - with a low
death count, but high emotional impact.
>State are strained or non-existant. A person, in a land that permits free
>speech may advocate things that are harmful, and yes, even devastating to the rest
>of the populace.
Fair enough. I'm not saying that everyone should sing in choir the same
song. Just that different opinions, as opposite as they are, should not
single out each other as the "enemy". Most people in the US thinks that
Bernard's thoughts are contrary to the US interests. A small percentage
thinks that it would be better for the US to follow his thoughts. (and a
bigger percentage outside the US thinks that too :-))
>There are people, who would like to see the nation-state of America
>destroyed, and destroyed without a sound basis for any viable replacement. Just as
>there are vicious empty-headed people of the Right, with their white robes and
>hoods who advocate America's destruction (The South shall rise again!), there
>have been vicious, empty-headed people of the Left, who seem to wish the worst
>for the America. Gore Vidal and Noam Chomsky would be just two examples. A pity
>they have been taken so seriously in Europe. But then most Europeans appear
>to enjoy what they say and agree with them, yes?
I don't know, since very few people here know who Vidal his, or what
Chomsky writes about. If they were really advocating the end of the
US under the cover of leftist speech, I could somewhat agree with
labelling them as anti-US. But I doubt it.
Ciao,
Alfio
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