Thursday, 09/25/03

Philip Greenspun: Which is why we can now say that the RIAA is the world's leading promoter of friendship!

Tim Oren has also had a few cogent points to make about the RIAA.

I'm very fond of Tim Oren's blog; it was one of the fastest ever to break out of my NetNewsWire holding pen. He writes about Silicon Valley venture capital and trends that strike his sense of whimsy. He has, as far as I can tell, a fine analytical brain, expressed well in prose, which is why I was so unnerved to see his limbic response to the Sept 11 anniversary, quoting addled, cantankerous Christopher Hitchens:

What is required is a steady, unostentatious stoicism, made up out of absolute, cold hatred and contempt for the aggressors, and complete determination that their defeat will be utter and shameful.

Which is like taking problem-solving advice from an atypically erudite kindergartner. I was unnerved to find Oren buying into the optimistic assumption that killing terrorists reduces the global population of terrorists, or that even a superpower can wage war on a noun. 01:48PM «

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