>Tim Rhodes wrote:
>> Attributing the actions of your opponent to a moral weakness on their
>>part
>> is one of the best ways to ensure your own future defeat at their hands.
>
> Therefore by standing up for what you think is right you are doing the
>wrong thing!
My what a large non sequitur you have there.
Maybe you miss the point. By painting one you oppose as less than you--more
fearful or stupid or lazy--you deny that they may be motivated by the same
drives as you, deny that they may be as complex and caring as yourself. And
an advisary which you don't fully understand or respect--or even worse, one
whose capacities you under estimate--is an advisary you invite to hand you
your defeat on a platter gilded with your own foolishness.
-Prof. Tim