SL:
This was not an interview, but an article. Though all quotes are accurate (and checked with the source) it was me who did the choosing, so it's really not fair to fault Dorothy for not addressing issues x and y, etc.
hey, cut me some slack. you did specifically "interview" her for the article, (I'm remembering the part where you say you pressed for details about how clipper would improve the world, and she came back talking about how she got locked out of a swim locker in her wet bathing suit, hee, hee). it's not an interview in the sense that you are directly quoting her the whole article, but I'd say it would be fair to call it an interview. article, whatever, I don't care. also, I was not claiming that Denning failed to address particular issues in the article alone (which I agree would not be totally fair, with only one "sample"). I've read a lot of her writing and talking and am pointing out that she doesn't volunteer any info on the points I mentioned (constitutionality etc.) in general, even when pressed, and that your article fits into suggesting this pattern of evasion of certain points on her part. did she talk to you about any of the issues I mentioned in my post? if so, I would have suspected you would have included them in the article. in any case, even on her own and when directly challenged, she avoids the key issues I mentioned to a degree that for me approaches intellectual sloppiness or even dishonesty. the article imho correctly conveys the reality that Denning, even after being the poster-girl for Clipper, wiretapping, and key escrow, has failed to take into account or address the key devastating counterpoints of her opposition, and still at this late date has great difficulty explaining why "all the above" is a good thing and desirable, despite endless opportunity to boil her stance into effective soundbites.
For a more comprehensive defense of her position you can go to her web site, where she has lotsa position papers.
fair enough. I challenge anyone to show how she's addressed the points I mentioned. I'm simply pointing out a pattern I've noticed in her thinking of which your own article is another confirmation, but not the sole basis for the claim.
Incidentally, I didn't set out to rehash the Clipper issues in the article, but to try to give some insight into Dorothy herself.
which you did. that's why I said in my post, it gives interesting fodder for psychogical insights of Denning's position. I don't know why you seem to be defensive about the article in your response when I said nothing critical of your own role. I guess I didn't make it clear I thought it was a fine article and thought you did a commendable job, and I've always been a big fan, if you care about my opinion in the matter <g> there are other places in the article where I do sense a bit of a subtle bias against Denning, especially in the last paragraph, but overall I thought it was very objective. it seems to me it would be hard to write an objective article about Denning that didn't raise doubts in the readers mind (i.e. by carefully avoiding all mention of her opponents etc.)