17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
mpd@netcom.com (Mike Duvos) wrote:
It is perhaps a point in Dr. Denning's favor that her most vitriolic detractors can spell neither "Dorothy" nor "fascist".
I must admit that I am at a loss to understand the heat which Dorothy Denning generates on the Cypherpunks list
It should not surprise you too much, as people have often vilified those they disagree with. The more you accept the other person as a human being, the more difficult it becomes to dismiss their view without first confronting the issues. It's easier to treat them as an idiot, and then their views becomes idiotic by association. I know all this, and still I do it. Ciao, James