From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Wed Jun 02 2004 - 21:29:23 BST
On 2 Jun 2004 at 20:10, David Robjant wrote:
Hello MSH, all
> msh says:
> I'm afraid you too misunderstand the point of Chomsky's message.
> He's merely illuminating the flaw in a very common argument. He's
> saying that no immoral behavior can be justified by claiming that
> it's not as bad as someone else's behavior. Period.
If that "no immoral behavior can be justified by claiming that it's
not as bad as someone else's behavior" is all that Chomsky is
saying, agree with him completely. As does George Bush for that
matter. But what was it we were arguing about again? Remind me.
msh says:
Hi DavidR. I don't think we're arguing.
The original Chomsky questioner stated that he'd read that some were
arguing that the prison abuses were not as bad as what some Islamic
Militants had done, so what's the big deal?
Chomsky refuted this argument. He then added his opinion that the
prisoner abuse was more than "hazing" by a few "bad apples", that the
problem was systemic, an opinion supported more and more every day by
incoming evidence, but still an opinion.
Some in this thread are interpreting Chomsky's response to mean that
he thinks putting panties on someone's head is as bad as gouging out
their eyes. This is false, and there is nothing in his message or
anywhere else in his work, that would suggest it is true.
Best,
Mark Heyman
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