hadeishi@husc4.HARVARD.EDU (mitsuharu hadeishi) (07/10/87)
This will (really) be my last public statement on this issue. I think it is fine to have public disagreements, debates, even debates which go so far as to insult the intelligence of another human being. However, when it comes to insulting the motives or integrity of another human being, that is another matter. I implore people, please, before you begin to publicly question the motives or integrity of another, think twice. Pause, go have a snack, stare out the window. You may think the person is making mistakes, doing stupid things, saying stupid things, but telling them they say or do these things out of deliberate malice is much more damaging and serious. I would call for people to refrain from jumping to such conclusions or using such language in a cavalier fashion. I will state that I have not yet made such a jump, and I still respect the motives and integrity of my interlocutors. I hope they shall do the same for me. -Mitsu