tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23301331.post7321389926372759968..comments2023-10-28T05:02:10.442-04:00Comments on Americans For Bosnia: "To Kill A Nation" by Michael Parenti [2]Kirk Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06879908614214050994noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23301331.post-70524577330106889312007-06-15T09:59:00.000-04:002007-06-15T09:59:00.000-04:00"Which is not necessarily a problem--I don't mind ..."Which is not necessarily a problem--I don't mind heated rhetoric and bias-on-the-sleeve polemics. However, the tone of this article is not so much impassioned as it is hysterical"<BR/><BR/>Personally, I tend to shy away when people use extreme emotional hyperbolic language; because it tends to completely whitewash their argument.<BR/><BR/>Don't get me wrong, I'm not some robotic; passionless person; I can certainly understand and appreciate emotional writing; especially on a topic like atrocities and war. <BR/><BR/>The best writers on the war in Bosnia did a remarkable job of combining emotional, heart tugging narrative; with absolutely solid documentation and facts.<BR/><BR/>The last is the key word: facts. Unfortunately, this seems to be an obsolete point for the writers that Mr. Parenti has cited. <BR/><BR/>I guess my point is, I don't really mind over the top rhetoric; as long as it is based on solid ground.<BR/><BR/>The knee-jerk reactionary prose; based on conspiracy theories & a virulent anti-whatever bias that Parenti apparently feels is good objective opinion; is not.Shainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254890410995215990noreply@blogger.com