[lit-ideas] Re: WTO and War

I don't see how you can call adherence to the WTO a "Republican" enterprise.
We joined the WTO in 1995 during a Democratic administration.


Oh, Lawrence...

First, I didn't say the WTO was a Republican enterprise. I said that the GOP supported it, to prevent you from claiming the WTO was a pinko project. Even the GOP supports it.

Secondly, the Clinton Dems were centrist Republicans. To you, on the fringe right, the center does seem leftist. Clinton and the Dem party was only barely tolerated by traditional Democrats (unions, etc.) Remember: Clinton was pro-business, abolished welfare, and slept with his admins. Typical Republican.

Thirdly, my email about the WTO was hardly a polemic. I gave you an explanation, based on economics, why "local politics" doesn't matter anymore.

So what's a polemic? Here's the Wiki definition: "Polemic is the art or practice of inciting disputation or causing controversy, for example in religious, philosophical, or political matters. As such a polemic text on a topic is written specifically to dispute or refute a topic that is widely viewed to be a "sacred cow" or beyond reproach, in an effort to "stir up trouble".

Your various postings call for eternal war, nuclear attacks on Arabs, missile defense systems against thriller novels, and general attacks on leftists, without any justification whatsoever.

Yep, that seems like polemics to me.

yrs,
andreas
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