On 24-Mar-10, at 3:24 PM, Salil Tripathi wrote: [snip]
Agree with much of what you've said. Oh but that's boring! Which bits DIDN'T you agree with? :)
Chomsky is certainly hugely guilty of that - to the extent of denying that Srebrenica was a problem at all).
Chomsky is a good example. Often his most vocal critics are people who largely agree with his intentions, but are disappointed when he writes something that is transparently dumb.
-Taj.
