John Gilmore wrote: >Mr. Marchant does, however, play a useful role here., It is indeed so >useful that if he did not exist it would be necessary to invent him.
>His contributions are predictable, but they exemplify a practically >important point of view that, borrowing a useful term from C Wright Mills, I >shall call Crackpot Realism; and CR needs representation here. We need to >be reminded, often, that those who identify the hard-to-maintain with >'complexity', with the use of any but ad hoc schemes, are numerous out there >in the boondocks. Okay listers, it sounds like John needs a group hug. I sense a lot of hostility there. I've seen this happen before, usually with those who had a rough time in the A/V squad. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
