jj (04/24/83)
Frankly, I disagree completely with Jan, but I'm not going to argue about it after this, since I really don't want to get into a sophistry contest. As far as the Edison/ABM comparison, I can only comment that the facts that are described are for the most part right, except that there is some spirited arguement over the "infeasability" proofs. <I mean the proofs, not the feasibility of the idea.> The facts mentioned in the article, however true they may be, are, unfortunately, related only by virtrue of being adjacent in text, they are NOT referring to identical situations, nor does the equivelance drawn between them hold. Perhaps this discussion should move to net.flame, or net.politics, where it more properly belongs. Comments about the technical feasiblity, however, might be reasonably duplicated here. It's clear from this arguement that technical problems and facts have no clear effect on a populace that is more easily swayed by defeatism and unfulfilled promises. While I deplore the defeatism that I see reflected in several of the opposing articles, I know of no way to restore in these individuals a more enterprising state, hence, I leave this arguement. (I hope that I shall not again need to join it in net.space.) rabbit!<I still have some Raid left>jj