Talk:Jay Bennish

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[edit] Disputed Quote

The quotation "other countries should be able to bomb us" is not a quotation. This is why I removed the quotation marks, because a big problem with the discussions of Bennish is that he is being misquoted (I'm not at all saying that I agree with him, I just think it's important that we don't represent the statement as a quotation when it is not.) As far as I know, the mp3 file at (http://www.startcolorado.com/iac/KOA-AM/Geo-Teacher.MP3)is the original recording, and it seems reasonable to base the quotations on it.

I think we should either correct the phrasing (though this may be less space-efficient) or remove the quotation marks.

I just relistened to the recording, and I wrote down what he said on the topic.

"Now if we have the right to fly into Bolivia and Peru, and drop chemical weapons on top of farmer's fields, because we're afraid they might be growing cocoa [apparently he means coca], and that can be turned into cocaine and sold to us, well then, don't the Peruvians, and the Iranians, and the Chinese have the right to invade America, and drop chemical weapons over North Carolina to destroy the tobacco plants that are killing millions and millions of people in their countries every year, and causing them billions of dollars in healthcare costs?" (Some of the commas are superfluous, I know. I'm just trying to capture the rhythm of his speaking as well.)

If we use the phrase "chemical weapons," we probably should make a note as to whether he means actual chemical weapons--mustard gas, sarin, etc.--or whether he is using this term to describe chemical defoliants and either demonize these chemicals or suggest that they are harmful to the people who are exposed to them. This would probably require rather extensive research.

We should also make some sort of note on "cocoa," for example, follow it with a [sic] if we use that part of the lecture. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.211.45.28 (talk • contribs) .

Thanks for that direct quotation. I've inserted it. I don't think there is any need to include any of his slips of the tongue (e.g. "George Clinton", "cocoa"...). They are not especially important parts of the rant. — Gulliver ✉ 01:25, 13 March 2006 (UTC)