Naomi Klein Dept: Salim Mansur, a professor of political science at the University of Western Ontario in London, told Postmedia News he was surprised to hear he was quoted in Anders Behring Breivik's tirade against Muslims, Marxism and multiculturalism, according to Calgary Herald. "A quotation is from a larger piece of work, with a whole different meaning and purpose," Mansur said. "You can make Plato look like a stupid idiot by just pulling a sentence out of his work ." Several prominent Canadians - including author Naomi Klein and former peacekeeper Lewis MacKenzie - were shocked to find themselves mentioned in an anti-immigration manifesto written by the man blamed for the massacre of more than 70 people in Norway last week. But he says it's normal for writers to be quoted in or out of context and that he was among dozens of academics cited. Breivik quotes a passage from Mansur's writing about democracy. As
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