On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Troy.A Johnson wrote: > I think it is a mistake to discount criticism of Mr. Stallman as only a > consequence of his hair and clothing. The criticism of Stallman had almost nothing to say about his positions on issues. If there had been more substance to it, I would have responded to that substance. > He has many opinions on various subjects, and he is not afraid to share > them. If a person were to agree with most or even many of those, I can > see why a person might have nothing but respect for Mr. Stallman. I do > not, and though I do respect Mr. Stallman for his many signigicant > accomplishments, I think he (and his words) deserve more than respect. > He (and they) deserve serious consideration, and the employment of a > persons own judgement concerning their relative worth. In my experience > he is as likely to put forth a worth suggestion as an unworthy one, but > that is my opinion. OK. Whatever. That's a whole paragraph with approximately zero information content. I think I get it now. You think that the phrase "he deserves nothing but respect" means "he should not be criticized. That wasn't what I meant. Mike >>>> Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> 08/16/06 1:05 PM >>> > I think he deserves nothing but respect for his > accomplishments even if he has long hair and > sloppy clothes.