Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 9/27/83; site saturn.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!saturn!dan 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 Article-I.D.: saturn.2173 Posted: Sun Jun 17 16:58:09 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 09:20:46 EDT References: <2560@harpo.UUCP> <659@vax1.fluke.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA Lines: 18 > 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