Time to do a Man's Work ??

[James Dennett]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> James Dennett wrote:
>> Here I've seen people say "Why shouldn't A be attacked,
>> when A already attacked library B?".  The answer is:
>> A is a person, B is software.  Software doesn't need
>> people to be civil to it.  People do.  
> 
> Erin Brockovich: "NOT PERSONAL! That is my WORK, my SWEAT, and MY TIME
> AWAY FROM MY KIDS! IF THAT IS NOT PERSONAL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS!"
> 
> If person C spends extraordinary amounts of time on library B, then it's
> not surprising that person C would take attacks on library B personally.
>   Not saying that person C *should*, but it's human nature.

And yet there are places where many people gather,
in person or virtually, and have heated discussions,
without this confusion arising -- so at least it is
known to be something that can be overcome (and in
my opinion *must* be overcome in striving for the
best solutions).

-- James