Noam Chomsky: A Critique of Madisonian Democracy: Cuba, Slavery (7/7) (1997)

[rujiel17]

Fantastic clip.

[prept77]

Thank you Mr.Chomsky, I'm Latin American, I will name my first son after you.

[neuromorphic]

@prept77

What a beautiful gesture. Fitting in a way, considering that given names often have a biblical origin. Noam's a biblical character in a way, just not from antiquity. And considering how many people across the world are named 'Alexander', it makes a lot of sense to instead name our children after truly admirable historical figures, like Noam.

[neuromorphic]

But then again, Noam hasn't yet passed into the history books, and his name still has edge - 'a name that's dangerous to drop' as one veteran Boston journalist commented in a recent interview:

huffingtonpost(dot)com/christo­pher-lydon/noam-chomsky-the-am­erican_b_775892.html

I remember once reading a beautiful story about someone who named their son Noam:

coffeytimes.blogspot(dot)com/2­009/02/whats-cooking.html

I guess you'd better warn your kid that some people think it sounds kinda funny. ;D