On 15.08.17 21:49, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 12:42:50AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > ..I agree "hate" is a little too loaded and a little too warranted. ;o) > > Exactly my point. But it's better to present the emotionally unloaded > facts and let the listeners of readers come up with their own feelings > about the matter. People resent being force-fed emotions.
Even "loathe" is too strong to be attractive to an audience which is not already converted. Understanding that hatred arises out of fear (nothing less can evoke such a strong response, in reality), leads to a less emotive presentation. Better to tickle the audience's curiosity, than to bludgeon their intelligence with heavy propaganda. They will be more attracted by outgoing engagement with their nascent curiosity, than by a presenter egocentrically obsessing about his own dark emotions. Creeping dictatorial constraint vs freedom of choice ; Sterile monoculture vs vital diversity, agile Linux vs monolithic M$-style Systemdix, ... let the ego go off on a coffee break, and engage with the facts, as Hendrik so wisely advises, but gently emphasise the dichotomy with evocative adjectives, perhaps? Erik _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
