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As in the other cases discussed, our primary concern here is not to establish the facts with regard to postwar Indochina, but rather to investigate their refraction through the prism of Western ideology, a very different task.

— Edward S. Herman After the Cataclysm: Postwar Indochina and the Reconstruction of Imperial Ideology, with Noam Chomsky (1979)

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National interest: The demands and needs of the corporate community.

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Conspiracy theory: A critique or explanation that I find offensive.

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Police brutality: A myth built on a mountain of cracked skulls.

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Overmature trees: In timber company and Forest Service lingo, trees which may live in splendor for another 500 years, but which would make damned fine boards today.

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Magic bullet: One that wends its way through several bodies, smashing bones on the way, but ends up in pristine condition, conveniently located for police attribution to the gun of choice.

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