I had Chomsky for breakfast.
Let me explain. On the bus this morning, I was wearing my cap, you know, the one that identifies one as a Muslim. I was carrying a briefcase with a laptop. And I was reading Chomsky. I just found that funny.
I have an Apple G4 laptop. American company. My phone, a Motorola V3 is American. My iPod Shuffle (filled to the brim with Anthony Robbins audio books!) is American. I just found it quite amusing, not necessarily ironic, that my favourite possessions are American, but that I’m reading a book that might be perceived as anti-American. Of course, it’s not. Just as any hatred of terrorism shouldn’t imply a hatred of Islam, a hatred of the neocon hawk ideology cemented by the Reagan adminsration and brought to its extreme peak (nadir?) by the the Son of Satan, Dubya, and his Spiritual Wife - Doctor Rice, shouldn’t imply a hatred of America.
I feel a bit silly for constantly having to defend myself, but I know that this site, like millions of others, is monitored. And the last thing I want right now is to be linked to a suspect organisation.
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