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The CIA gave up snooping on him because they couldn't understand a damned thing he said... his works are also the reason Watson learned to cry. But seriously,
by ceautery 13y ago
The CIA gave up snooping on him because they couldn't understand a damned thing he said... his works are also the reason Watson learned to cry.
But seriously, it's no surprise that titling books like "Hegemony or Survival" (I recommend the audiobook, great commute-musing material) and talking about the US being on borrowed time if it keeps acting like 18th century England, will get you examined a little closer by the spooks.
- Amadou 13y agoIt ought to be a surprise. It certainly is contrary to all the rhetoric that I swallowed hook, line and sinker in high school about what kind of country the USA is. I'm willing to bet that Chomsky was not surprised one bit by these revelations.
- npsimons 13y agoHell, according to line I was sold, Chomsky would have fit right in with the founding fathers. That's also assuming you can believe history.
- chimeracoder 13y ago> Chomsky would have fit right in with the founding fathers. By today's standards, many of the founding fathers would be deemed "terrorists" or "enemies of the state [kingdom]". A nation naturally seeks to preserve itself, so perhaps that's not surprising, but it's worth pondering for a moment.
- HarryHirsch 13y agotalking about the US being on borrowed time ... will get you examined a little closer by the spooks. Well, we all knew that, didn't we? But these days, if your friend's friend starts talking like that, your own phone calls and email will be paid attention to.
- dllthomas 13y ago... or your pizza delivery man's other customer.
- coldtea 13y ago>The CIA gave up snooping on him because they couldn't understand a damned thing he said... Hmm, the joke reflects poorly on your reading comprehension skills, since Chomsky's writing is as dry as they come, and very simplistic and analytic. It's the classic analytic american style, no more complicated than reading the newspaper. If you have issues with Chomsky what would you say if you tried to read, say, Steven Pinker, Hofstadter, or, god forbid, french theorists...