To a politician, disagreement is a tool of attack.

From: Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Sat Sep 15 2001 - 15:52:13 MDT


As Matt Blaze pointed out at USENIX Security this year, politicians
aren't scientists. We value logic and truth. Politicians value
getting people to agree. A scientist's pursuit of logic and truth
uses disagreement. To a politician, disagreement is a tool of
attack. -- Carl Ellison <cme@acm.org>



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