It's a program...that you paid for...on a computer in your own
house. This
isn't a discussion about the nature of true evil.
I didn't think it was either, initially, but "banality of evil" has
been evoked in this discussion. I wanted to defend people who have
to use Microsoft Word--and even people who don't run computer
programs exactly the way the manufacturers intend--against the charge
that they're participating in the banality of evil and are causing
the downfall of civilization. I also want to say that some of us
don't have much choice in what programs we use. We can't wait for
"market forces" to--eventually--do something about the problem(s),
because we have to use computers TODAY.
If we want to do something about unfair practices in the computer
industry, we have to do something about the monopolistic
corporations. It matters how you vote, and what kind of leadership
we have in Washington.
--Constance
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