<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Justin wrote:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>> I don't blame political differences on the factors you name. But I do hold people responsible </DIV> <DIV>> for failing to read or understand plain prose, for dodging important hard questions without </DIV> <DIV>> even acknowledging that they are real an important, for willfully misrepresenting other's </DIV> <DIV>> positions, and for slanderous attacks and sanctimonious claptrap.  jks</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Two points and then I'm done with this discussion:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) Brad did give a tendentious misreading to what you wrote.  I don't think that's evidence enough that he's an illiterate piece of excrement that doesn't deserve tenure from a decent school.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) One of the things I've observed in my relatively short (about a decade long) politically aware life is that, oddly enough, it almost always seems to be one's political opponents (and not one's allies) that engage in all the shady practices you outlined.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-- Luke</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>