On Sep 24, 2008, at 9:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Requiring qualifications to express an opinion is demanding the
> acceptance of argument from authority, a poor place to situate  
> foundations.

Especially for those of us with enough understanding to form opinions  
of our own.  The fact that I am not Somebody important shouldn't take  
away from the value of what I have to say, if the idea can stand on  
its own merits.  :)

"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor.  It must be  
demanded by the oppressed." -- M. L. King

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