Moussaoui at the British Library
Reader comment on item: How Consequential Are 9/11 Conspiracy Theories?
in response to reader comment: dkrieger@usc.edu

Submitted by Diane (United States), Aug 17, 2006 at 19:02

I am suggesting that foreigners of dubious political leanings should not be allowed in the country, be they fascists, communists, or Islamists.

You don't mean that either, I hope. It would undo 200+ years of American tradition of free political discourse. Marx's writings - whatever mischief they may have inspired - constitute an important advance in Western political thought. Only consider what mischief grew from Machiavelli's writing and Nietsche's. I don't think we want to go down this avenue... NB: The British Library is in the UK -- not subject to American immigration policies.

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