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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mr. Pournelle
Message-ID: <8809300234.AA20142@cory.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 30 Sep 88 02:34:37 GMT
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>     I do not think the problem is that Mr. Pournelle is really
>stupid, or that there are a lot of "really stupid people [using]
>computer programs every day."  Just because someone does not use a

	Well, it ought to be quite obvious that Mr. Pournelle is not stupid
at all.  I think the problem is more along the lines of a failed attempt to
'be in sync' with what he perceives his audience to be.  He lowers himself
too much in his column.


						-Matt