--- William Dickens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "He represented himself as someone who had taken courses from himself and presented testimonials about his character from that persona. That isn't lying?"
Not about the issues involved. The debate is about violent crime, not Lott. Frankly, given that he was writing under a pen name, I think it is funny that he'd make up a goofy little story about himself. It did have him saying to take listen to other economists and get difference views after all. If under his nom de plume, or however it's spelled, he fairly represented the facts and arguments of the gun-control debate, then he's committed no transgression--other than having a little fun. Probably the only reason he shouldn't have done it is that the state of logical reasoning in our society is so poor that ad hominems have considerable weight with alot of people. He has probably given fodder to those whose rhetorical style is a little, for lack of a better phrase, ad captandum vulgus. "More to the point. Allowing a family member to submit a review of a book under a false name is a pretty serious breach of academic integrity." To amazon.com? I don't know about that. The forum operates under effective anonymity, with no references, virtually no standards, and little (if any) editorial review. His kid writes a review and submits it to amazon.com under his pen name? I don't see the harm. I respect your view on this, but I strongly disagree with it. I see no reason to judge Lott poorly as a result of this. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
