Comments on: Pentagon Bans Book By Noted Linguist, Anti-War Activist Noam Chomsky

By: seism

seism — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:51:25 +0000

Who cares if these assholes can’t read a book by Chomsky? They’d kill him if they had half a chance. What a dupe that guy is. Oooo, so REVOLUTIONARY!
Snore! DOUBLE SNORE!
Sure this comment should be deleted as reparations for the USN deleting Muslim assholes chances to read his tripe.

By: Ryke

Ryke — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:49:19 +0000

Ira, did you just implicitly endorse thoughtcrime?

By: Ira

Ira — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:32:38 +0000

Chomsky is a traitor to this country. He should be in Gitmo along with his friends. I hope to see him put out of his misery soon.

By: Mohamed Hassissi

Mohamed Hassissi — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:07:25 +0000

Why ban the man’s book if they are not terrified of the circumstances. it just reminds me of Macarthy and the phobia of communism that hovered on his brains and led him to set up the investigating committee which questioned the beliefs of so many an intellectual such as Arthur Miller. It is and it will be repeated along the history. A man like Chomsky, these people would never consider honoring him with a peace prize for the exhaustive work he has done in the cause of wars. Instead, people like Obama who has not warmed up his presidential chair yet are likely to be viewed as worriors of freedom and democracy with the aid of the disillusioning media of course. However, yes, i wouldn’t compare this event to that of Iran and Rushdy, for it will only add to its discredit. One talks about how the American tax payer is contributing to the meaningless waste of money in Iraq and Afghanistan as if they are willingly doing it on purpose. The issue is much more complicated than it may seem to be.

By: Rebecca R.

Rebecca R. — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:16:32 +0000

John Stevens, c’mon. Publish his work for free? Dude’s gotta pay the rent like anyone else. It’s not like he writes the stuff after he finishes his shift at the 7-11.

By: Pfluginator

Pfluginator — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:40:31 +0000

Chomsky and the public record have officially crossed the line into bigotry. The comparison between the pentagon and Iran in terms of censorship is ridiculous. The concept of a military organization acting totalitarian is healthy. The real question is how will that type is firewalled. In the case of Iran we have the broad censorship implicated on the general populace. In the case of the pentagon you have small scale censorship implicated on a small group of individuals who arguably do not have the same rights guaranteed to a citizen anyways. A watchful eye on the pentagon is not misplaced don’t get me wrong. However you need to let the military operate a bit offensively, otherwise it might as well exist at all. This is a stupid issue to be protesting about

By: Al Warner

Al Warner — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:06:03 +0000

I guess the Pentagon thinks the soldiers of America are so stupid and easily influenced, that anything posing an opinion different from the Pentagon’s propoganda, can not be seen by said Armed Forces. I guess the Pentagon thinks if those boys are stupid enough to join up, the Pentagin wants to keep them that way.

By: Cat

Cat — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:21:58 +0000

Like ANYONE in the Pentagon has read Chomsky !?!?! More likely the back cover.

By: zach

zach — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:50:24 +0000

i think banning books is rediculous but this doesn’t surprise me…i sent howard zinn’s people’s history of the US to a friend in county and they wouldn’t let him have it. i find that to be far more alarming

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:20:30 +0000

Like the Peace Corp would be much better. Government by it’s nature only cares about defending it’s interest and expanding it’s influence. Lets roll back the whole thing and let people live their lives unhindered by an ever expanding big brother.