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Ward Churchill

"There's always merit to having a debate."

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"Some readers may have noticed an icy little missive from Noam Chomsky ["Letters," December 3], repudiating the very idea that he and I had disagreed on the "roots" of September 11. I rush to agree. Here is what he told his audience at MIT on October 11:Clever of him to have spotted that (his favorite put-down is the preface 'Turning to the facts...') and brave of him to have taken such a lonely position. As he rightly insists, our disagreements are not really political."

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"... the courage of one's opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the 'other side'..."

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"The apologist is most entrusted with apologetics when capable of arguing his opponent's position better than his opponent."

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"You can't argue with religious people, you can't change their mind even if you prove them wrong."

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"The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months."

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"If anything, if you can get somebody interested in something and get them excited, that's great. You should be praised for having opened the debate and having asked the right questions."

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"When making a point, there are 2 types of people who may disagree with you: those who can support their reasons, and the childish ones who are too worried about being told what to do."

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"I strongly object to wrong arguments on the right side. I think I object to them more than to the wrong arguments on the wrong side."

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"Political debate with liberals is basically impossible in America today because liberals are calling names while conservatives are trying to make arguments."

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"Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment."

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