--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <jpgillam@> wrote: > > > > I missed this old column from the New > > York Times in which technology writer > > David Pogue takes Microsoft to task for > > manipulating, and sometimes fabricating, > > good reviews for its products. I post it > > here because it ties into the TMO's efforts > > to create good PR. It seems that no matter > > how big and powerful one is, one still > > craves legitimacy in the eyes of others, > > even at the ultimage expense of > > legitimacy upon getting caught. > > It seems a bit of a stretch to go from the TMO generating PR to MS bribing online bloggers > with laptops. Is MMY having all journalists learn TM or something? >
Legitimacy can be seen as coming in two kinds: external and internal Entities looking for legitimacy of the internal kind, do so because they feel a need for peer-aproval in order to feel good about themselves. By accusing entities looking for legitimacy we may really be accusing them for not being good enough for the rest of us. Looking for external legitimacy simply means acknowledging the fundamental lawlessness of human affairs (caused by the freedom of action bestowed on mankind by it's Creator), i.e. that Might is Right. In this scenario searching for legitimacy simply means fighting for a safe place in a social hierarchy. This could be done by entities enjoying abundance of self-confidence, or by entities that do not. It is here suggested that any action undertaken by MMY is only about the second type of legitimacy, and then only for the benefit of the universe.
