Al Qaeda

[Paul Prescod]

Gary Lawrence Murphy wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "L" == Luis Villa <louie@ximian.com> writes:
> 
>     L> What? The media criticized the government? I didn't think that
>     L> was allowed in the US... maybe I've just been reading too much
>     L> FoRK.  Luis
> 
> I believe it was Emmanuel Kant who proposed that the best way to
> handle political dissent was to let it speak openly without reprisal
> or comment; the public soon becomes completely de-sensitized to their
> message.
> 
> Apparently, the method works.

Or maybe the public understands the message, is sensitive to its
implications and just disagrees? Funny how that is never presented as
one of the options.

 Paul Prescod