[KS] even literature types

[Koen De Ceuster]

Well,

Not entirely spineless, I would hope. Consider the Alliance of Scholars
Concerned about Korea (http://www.asck.org/) as an intellectual effort at
countering the tide of ignorance.

Koen De Ceuster
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David, the `literary type', is willing to speak out; why not the rest of
us?  Where the hell have we been?  Lest we forget, the success of evil
is only dependent on the willingness of good men to say nothing.  We're
pathetic, aren't we?

Particularly the historians.  Where are we?  After all, historians study
the past in order to predict the future, right?  And there are a lot of
us, right?  Or, do I have some wires crossed about our disciplines and
why we do what we do?  Is it for tenure or for the maintenance of
civilization?
The barking dogs (Wolfowitz, Rove, etc.) are a dime-a-dozen, but the
trend is where?  Where are we going? Certainly, the `collapse soon'
crowd are too stupid, since they seem to know nothing of Korean history;
not even of the Korean War.  You know, the Korean people, north and
south, are tenacious.  Forgot that one, didn't you George?  But maybe
not.  Germany collapsed in a fortnight.  Would the DPRK?  Maybe the
Mercedes Benzs and the fabulous parties will bring down the DPRK.  But,
what do we say?  Do we leave this discussion to the CIA hacks and their
idiot analysts?  The same fools who brought us Afghanistan and Iraq, and
who are lining up to target Syria or Iran?  There option is bombing.
 What do we do?  Where is the intellectual debate?  Are we spineless?
 I'm nearly sick to my stomach at the silence...............................

Jay Lewis
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