Quoting Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Horse, > > I do not really take Ian's call to ditch Platt any more seriously than I > take Platt's claim to be the voice of sanity. Still I find the suggestion > that he be removed disturbing. In my view Platt's contributions to this > discussion forum are absolutely second to none. > > In the two years I have been posting I would estimate that Platt has > participated in and generated more discussion than any other contributor. He > has stimulated my thinking as much as anyone else in these parts and he has > inspired much of what I consider to be my best efforts. > > Like many others I almost never agree with, Platt. Sometimes I think he must > be making things up just to annoy me but he is always a worthy advocate for > his views. I find his positions almost always deeply misguided but I respect > him and his ability to articulate them beyond measure. > > We all get a bit overzealous at times and speak rashly and I assume that is > what Ian is doing now. But MoQ.org would be greatly diminished without > Platt. > > In just a few minutes I plan to begin yet another savage assault of one or > another of Platt's recent posts. I haven't even read them yet but I can tell > you I will enjoy every second of it and I will wait with baited breath his > response which I predict will infuriate me and prompt another futile attempt > to correct the errors of his thinking. > > Ban, Platt? > > I say never! In fact I recommend we all give him a big hand for all he has > done to keep us thinking and for not allowing us to take our assumptions for > granted.
An eloquent defense of free speech, on a par with Voltaire's "I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it." If ever I am hauled before a tribunal for blasphemy, I shall call on you to plead my case. Thanks much for your ringing endorsement of intellectual freedom over social control. Would that more in the free world understood as your do how vital this right of free speech is to humanity's well being. With gratitude, Platt . ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
