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December 08, 2005
This Man Is Insane
This could be one of the worst cases of BDS I've seen:
"The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law," said Pinter, known for his outspoken criticism of U.S. foreign policy.
"How many people do you have to kill before you qualify to be described as a mass murderer and a war criminal? One hundred thousand?" he asked in a hoarse voice.
"We have brought torture, cluster bombs, depleted uranium, innumerable acts of random murder, misery, degradation and death to the Iraqi people and call it 'bringing freedom and democracy to the Middle East,'" Pinter said.
The Nobel committee has not shied from rewarding writers who make a stand against authority, notably in rewarding the literature prize to Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn in 1970.
Pinter accused the United States of supporting "every right wing military dictatorship in the world" after World War II, from Chile to the Philippines.
"The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless, but very few people have actually talked about them," he said. "It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading as a force for universal good. It's a brilliant, even witty, highly successful act of hypnosis."
Pinter said the U.S. "also has its own bleating little lamb tagging behind it on a lead, the pathetic and supine Great Britain."
What a lunatic! These people have literally created an alternate reality for themselves.
Posted by Aaron at December 8, 2005 11:25 AM
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Put aside Pinter being insane, have you ever read his stuff? Not watched a performance; directors and actors can make a silk purse (yadda yadda)...I mean sat down with the scripts?
He's a hack.
Posted by: TC@LeatherPenguin at December 8, 2005 02:36 PM
If you feel like I do, then you are sick of being told how to feel and how to act. Pinter is not a 'leftocrat'-he did not bring up abortion, gay rights, religious fundamentalism or arguments against capitalism. He merely stated facts-he is a primary source of history with respect to Nicaragua. Yet, those who identify themselves as part of the 'right' feel like they must react; we will hear about Pinter being unbalanced and unfair, but those who say this were not there and are taking the word of 'the powers that be,' who by the way are trusted without merit or intelligent debate. Those who consider themselves 'the left' are only making things worse; condoning the idea of a "marketplace of ideas" is so twisted and hurtful to democracy that very soon critical debate will be replaced by blind acceptance of engineered sentiment. Why do we feel that being gay means being anti-war? Why do we feel that our voice will not be heared unless we adhere to the 'left' or the 'right'? When will we realize that this polarization of America is making it easier to rip the country in half? We should all be ashamed.
Posted by: Haydn Thomas at December 10, 2005 08:21 AM
so what's your point, Aaron?
does conjuring the magic word: "bds", "stay the course", "total victory", "mission: terrorism", etc. dispel any part of the reality of Pinter's quotes?
talk about delusions, alternate or...
Posted by: jo at December 11, 2005 12:43 AM
"These people have literally created an alternate reality for themselves."Which alternate reality do you think the WMD are hiding in?Pinter hasn't murdered thousands of people for lies and pipe dreams. Bush has.(jk)
Posted by: jk at December 12, 2005 08:17 AM