William Robb wrote: > >>I saw Michael Reichmann's rebuttal to a Ken Rockwell essay and skimmed it. >> I guess I'm wondering why Michael even bothered? Rockwell's approach seems >> to be to mix a liberal dose of "trolling" material in with some reasonable >> stuff. Whether he does it on purpose or not, I guess it works to drive >> traffic to his site. Looks like he hooked Mr. Reichmann this time, which >> surprises me. Reichmann seems like a very web-savvy guy and I would have >> guessed that he knew of Rockwell's reputation and the quality (or lack >> thereof) of Rockwell's website contents. >> >> I disagree with Reichmann's opinions sometimes, but I respect them because >> they seem well thought out. This article makes me wonder a bit.... > >If one lets bullshit go unchallenged, then that bullshit will eventually be accepted as the >truth. Now and again, people who know what they are talking about have a moral duty to take on >the Ken Rockwells of the world and tell them that they have at best, a moron's grasp of the >subject they have chosen to write essays about. >It is moreso important now that Kennyboy spewtypes have access to the internet, and can spread >their lies, half truths and misinformaton to a much larger audience than what the nutbar on a >soapbox in the Towne Square was able to reach. > >William Robb
Fair enough. Thing about Rockwell is that he seems to be pretty widely dismissed amongst the "equipment illuminati" on the internet. I imagine that Reichmann has had an earful from various Rockwell-dissing gearheads by now. --Mark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
