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Re: Dysentery



I knew Sandy back when he was a human being, not
getting tenure at Princeton. Now he's  Texan gun-nut
scholar and defender of torture. Ugh, jks

--- Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sanford Levinson, "The Debate on Torture: War
> Against Virtual States":
> I would adopt some version of the view articulated
> by Michael Walzer in
> his essay "The Problem of Dirty Hands," (War and
> Moral Responsibility,
> op. cit.) where he explicitly endorses the necessity
> of having political
> leaders who are willing, in dire circumstances, to
> engage in horrendous
> actions, including torture.
>
> http://www.dissentmagazine.org/
>
> ===
>
> Woody Allen, "Annie Hall":
>
> ALVY
> (Taking Robin's hand)
> I'm so tired of spending evenings making fake
> insights with people who
> work for Dysentery.
>
> ROBIN
> Commentary.
>
> ALVY
> Oh, really, I heard that Commentary and Dissent had
> merged and formed
> Dysentery.
>
> --
>
> The Marxism list: www.marxmail.org


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