Lileks on McCarthy

[cema]

I recently watched a movie by Woody Allen (The Front) on the same topic. And I was feeling uneasy about it. But despite its being part of our weekly intellectual excersices, I did not feel like thinking much about it. Lileks did, although in his case it was a play, not a movie.

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Re: And your point being...

[arbat.livejournal.com]

"because Communists, despite their alleged intent to violently overthrow the Government, had enough respect for it to agree to play by its rules"

Not true. They were refusing the testimony not because they had some respect for law - but because they were afraid to be imprisoned for perjury. If you read the protyocols, you'd see that the questions were very precise, showing that those who asked them knew a great deal about those they questioned.

Also, you argue that communists who planned violent overthrow of the Government and spied on behalf of Stalin, - they were ok with murder and treason, but they had great respect for the law - so great, that they could not lie about their spying and planning murder... I guess, your ties with reality are as strong as they look.