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From: dan@saturn.UUCP (Daniel Hachigian)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Brave Person (Another view)
Message-ID: <2173@saturn.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 17-Jun-84 16:58:09 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 17 16:58:09 1984
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>  Here's a toast to a brave person.  Bigoted, maybe unwise, but brave.
>  [ ... ] 			Peter

I have to disagree.  Saying that harpo!jrl is a brave person
is analogous to saying that Hitler was a great individual.
His nonconstructive comments were made behind the curtain of
relative anonymity offered by the net; he did not even sign
his name.

Moreover, I cannot help but feel that a courageous person
would not be afraid of something that he/she does not under-
stand.  There is a fundamental difference between vindictive,
vituperative castigation and disagreement of opinion.  The
latter could be proffered in a form which enlightens with-
out malice as a forethought.

I hope my soapbox is	|	-Dan Hachigian
taller than his.	|	 hplabs!dan or csnet: dan@hplabs