Bill Holt wrote: >>Bill, that is offensive and calls for an apology. >>Allan Atherton >> > >The hell it does, Allen. > >You may be offended, if you chose, by my reference to some of Al's loonier >positions. But it's your choice, and I see no reason for you to apologize >for it. > >I'm offended by Al Gore worship and the applause he's received because he >joined the board at Apple. But it's my choice to be offended, and I'm not >about to apologize for that either. > >BTW, the joke is not that Al said he invented the Internet. The real joke >is that such a statement is so obviously silly that no-one with a three >digit IQ believed it could be seriously said. A verbal faux pas, perhaps, >but no more serious than the Saturday Night Live News skit. > >However, there are a bunch of people who jumped to Al's defense against this >"charge," when none was needed, because they assumed that the people passing >it on with a smile were simple-minded enough to believe it. So tell me, who >should be offended; the person "accused" of saying and meaning something so >silly that it's unbelievable, or the person who's accused of believing it? > > > >> I have never considered it up-lifting to belittle another person. >> >>George Yankey >> > > >Me either, George, but for better or worse, speech that attempts to belittle >politicians is an American tradition. Look around and see how some people >have attempted to belittle the President since he took office - to their >considerable discredit. But rather than belittling Al, I was referring to >what I believe to be some of his actual loony positions as loony positions. >That's calling it as I see it; describing not belittling. As a politician, >he is what he proposes and the only person who can effectively belittle him >is himself. > >How all of this relates to the Mac is that it gives the anti-Mac people a >little more emotional ammunition to belittle the platform. And there, we >are talking about literal belittling. This is especially frustrating when >you consider that Apple has been finally making some in-roads into corporate >America with X-serve. I've been a Mac person since March of 1984 and have >put a lot of effort into getting Macs into places they otherwise would not >have been considered. It's a passion, I've never made a cent from it. And >now, it may be a bit tougher to do. So far as I know, among all of the >people I know who have demonstrated that they have the smarts and guts to >run a successful, substantial business, there are no Al Gore admirers. > > > Bill Holt > > Way to go Bill! Since more than one person contributed to this thread, I think you're well within your rights to express your views. Stand your ground.
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