ChristianKl comments on Rationality Quotes July 2014 - LessWrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 11 August 2014 02:18:31PM 2 points [-]

The context is that Chomsky is so far down one side, his response is predictable enough to be automated.

That's only true if the person who's reading the post can only see black and white and who doesn't care about deeper understanding and arguments.

In this case Chomsky would probably speak about how Hamas usually does claim responsibility for terror acts that it commits. The latest conflict escalated on grounds that Israel claimed that Hamas is responsible for a kidnapping for which Hamas didn't claim responsibility. Speaking about the timing and the motivation of various parties for the kidnapping could be interesting.

Analysis of Egypt's role in this conflict would be interesting. Especially as Egypt lately outlawed the Muslim brotherhood.