A misstep on Pilger.I must admit I winced, after reading Matthew Rothschild's recent comments on the remarks of John Pilger ("Unmoored Words," Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. , October issue). After the July 7 London attacks, Pilger said, "These are Blair's bombs." Apparently Rothschild thinks not. "After all, Tony Blair did not make or plant or ignite these bombs," Rothschild writes, almost apologetically adding, "While his support for the Iraq War may have helped to incite To arouse; urge; provoke; encourage; spur on; goad; stir up; instigate; set in motion; as in to incite a riot. Also, generally, in Criminal Law to instigate, persuade, or move another to commit a crime; in this sense nearly synonymous with abet. the people who actually did make and plant and ignite the bombs, those terrorists--and that is who they are--must be held accountable for their own actions." Why the remedial retreat to oversimplification o·ver·sim·pli·fy v. o·ver·sim·pli·fied, o·ver·sim·pli·fy·ing, o·ver·sim·pli·fies v.tr. To simplify to the point of causing misrepresentation, misconception, or error. v.intr. ? Or the back-handed attack on the reputable Pilger? The elegant and accurate Rothschild has made a rare misstep. In time of war it's sad and curious to see such good men calling each other to task while the real bloodletting bloodletting, also called bleeding, practice of drawing blood from the body in the treatment of disease. General bloodletting consists of the abstraction of blood by incision into an artery (arteriotomy) or vein (venesection, or phlebotomy). drags on and on. Marc Levy Gloucester, Massachusetts |
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