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Originally Posted by mrkai
I've read them all. If this is the general "tone" he utilizes when trying to promote these ideas/change the system from within I can see why it may be difficult.
He's kind of mean and really snide about it all, isn't he?
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The "Salvos" Series seems to be firmly pegged in Spot Number One there  |
The "Salvos" series is clearly polemical writing. This should be clear from its status as an Opinion column, and from its name "Salvos Against Big Brother" is not what you name a
business case study, after all. As polemical writing, it's pretty effective. As a business case, it's, well... it's polemical (which isn't a business case).
Eric's given some much more calm, measured and reasonable versions of this argument in a variety of venues. I've heard it at SF conventions. I presume that the presentation he gave the publishing industry folks was of the calm variety, not the polemical variety (although I wasn't there to see it).
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