> His intelligence and breath was clear. That bad huh? Hehe. I emailed Chomsky some horribly pompous 'intellectual' questions when I was eighteen. I cringed w

> His intelligence and breath was clear. That bad huh? Hehe. I emailed Chomsky some horribly pompous 'intellectual' questions when I was eighteen. I cringed when I read them years later. But Chomsky answered within a day, giving gentle, thoughtful answers to each of my questions. It was a far kinder response than my email merited. I used to read and watch everything by Chomsky, and one thing that does cut through is his basic human decency.