-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In message <199611271154.WAA26338@oznet02.ozemail.com.au>, Robin Whittle writes :
It may be emotionally satisfying to rail against (what for us may be evident as) the wickedness and stupidity of our opponents.
Indeed, making a habit calling anyone who disagrees with your stance leads to kneejerk behaviour, like that which is probably behind key-escrow (and the CDA, but that's not the point).
If we nod our heads to "Dorthy Denning is a boot-licking fasicist!!!" then we too are succumbing to groupthink.
Good point and a thoughtful post too! Derek Derek Bell dbell@maths.tcd.ie | "Donuts - is there _anything_ WWW: http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dbell/index.html| they can't do?" PGPkey: http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dbell/key.asc| - Homer Simpson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAgUBMpyJnlXdSMogwMcZAQE14AP/UC7LfVgaGcXe/ojkq+Ci6p3ZrFEkUI46 VRTeEl8cvTtO5vojlJdY8Xok9bRytiE0jf1XqI7v++ixWauTL4ui4ef3sKYYZZ1L Ivd14DHviv9C5VKmnehrk5ZSJP1ns7HuA0nK742M09Q1eRXkeVgss4ykTCi1Oafg 122wnIi2BVc= =+9Wg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----