December 17, 2005

Noam Chomsky


The Chomsky interview went well. It was more a lecture than an interview… the man talks. He is an incredibly sweet man though. The interview ran from a scheduled half hour well into an hour but I still only managed to get only four questions in.

I wanted to wait until after the interview to say this. Personally, I am not a very big advocate of Chomsky’s thought. Many figured me for a big fan because I chose him to interview. He is too extreme for me. Though I find his ideas factually correct and certainly logical, I find them lacking a certain “on the grounds” reality that makes them, in the end, often pointless, sometimes counterproductive.

I found a piece that sums up a lot of how I feel in a fairly unexpected place. Chris Rock Standup.

“In the whole country we’ve got this real fucked up gang mentality. Republicans are idiots, Democrats are idiots, the conservatives are idiots and liberals are idiots. Pretty much anyone that makes up their mind before they hear the issue is a fucking fool…OK? Everybody wants to be in a gang so bad… I’m conservative, I’m liberal. Just be a fucking person. No decent person is one thing. OK? Just hear it out, let it swirl around then form your opinion. I’m a person, I got some shit I’m conservative about, I got some shit I’m liberal about. Crime, I’m conservative. Prostitution…I’m liberal.”

I am very much a centrist. That said, while I find the left sometimes annoying I find an equal percent on the right flat out dangerous. And I’ll take annoying over dangerous any day.

There are other reasons that lead me to pick Chomsky. There is an underling motivation and message to the readers of Egypt Today that through him I wanted to represent. I should have the interview up by tomorrow or the day after.





- Karim Elsahy
Posted by Karim Elsahy at 22:50:14 | Permanent Link | Comments (6) |
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1 - I can''t tell if you look more Jewish or Latino? lol...

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Written by: Mike Nargizian at 2005/12/18 - 17:57:28
2 - hahaha

Man I am the quintessential Egyptian. Besides I''m 6''2 at 270lb. A bit large for either.

I get Hawaiian sometimes too. On a cruise there once everyone on the stupid boat kept asking me for a damn drink. (Comment this)

Written by: Karim Elsahy at 2005/12/18 - 18:44:21
3 - that''s pretty large...middle linebacker size.
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Written by: Mike Nargizian at 2005/12/19 - 00:23:48
4 - Chomsky has done well out of the U.S, more so than any other country, how long would he have lasted in Soviet Russia, China, Iran and so on. Yet for him the U.S. is the world''s number one evil. (Comment this)

Written by: Stephen Reeves at 2005/12/20 - 21:27:48
5 - Karim,

Thanks for recording this lot. I admire your steadfastedness, I would have broken down weeping after a few minutes of Noam''s rumbling.

My opinion on part of his "output" here:

http://simplyjews.blogspot.com/2005/12/new-ruminations-of-master-mind.html (Comment this)

Written by: snoopythegoon at 2005/12/22 - 16:45:56
6 - professor chomsky im so glad to be connect with you on internet, if you could please give me abrief answer about these two Q. I HOPE THAT I DONT BOTHER YOU.

Q1.In the study of speach sounds, we have 'phonetics' and 'phonology.' what do we have on the analogy of this situation in semantics.

Q2.Sense and Reference are used to explain two aspect of meaning, which lead to the establishment of two kinds of semantics.comment briefly. (Comment this)

Written by: raed at 2007/04/27 - 13:29:21
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