I agree with Tim and Phil very strongly. Ad hominem attacks are never justified. I find there is very little point in wasting time on them. Perry Timothy C. May says:
Phil Karn wrote:
Dorothy Denning may be a naive pawn of the government. She may hold beliefs that appall the rest of us. She may have lost whatever credibility she had in the crypto community by her position. But I still prefer to attack that position and the (il)logic behind it rather than to resort to attacking the person expressing it.
I agree with Phil. I don't have much respect for Dorothy Denning's views, feeling she has sold out to the Beltway mentality, but I can't see the point of demonizing her, any more than I can see the point of demonizing Jim Bidzos or Mitch Kapor, or lionizing Phil Zimmermann.