Re: Writing for Free Software Magazine

[Lee Braiden <jel@tundra.ath.cx>]

I don't intend to get into the whole magazine debate again.

On Saturday 26 March 2005 22:35, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> (Just to be clear, Lee, I am NOT saying you are any of these,

And I certainly don't intend to get into a debate about whether I am a 
hypocrite, no matter how directly or indirectly you raise the question of my 
character, but...

> I'm just 
> making a point that in a discussion like this, someone's experience makes a
> lot of difference in the strength of their position.)

On that individual point, I think you may want to reconsider.  An argument has 
NOTHING to do with who wrote it.  It stands or falls on its own merits.  If a 
liar says something that is true, it is still true, and if a saint says 
something that is untrue, it is still untrue.  In fact, to be sure of no 
bias, an argument would be best evaluated without any knowledge of who 
constructed it.

If you're considering someone's account of a particular fact for which there 
is no more solid evidence, then their character might come into it, yes.  But 
arguments and testimony are quite different.

-- 
Lee.