From samantha@objectent.com Wed May 21 03:45:45 2003 Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 01:21:40 -0700 From: Samantha Reply-To: sl4@sl4.org To: sl4@sl4.org Subject: Re: SIAI's flawed friendliness analysis [ The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] . . . Trusting the general public in such an area rather speaks for itself as does a belief that the real authority is or should be in the hands of the public at large. The vast majority in the US believe in demons, can't find Iraq (Brazil, India, Russia(!), etc.) on a world map, read less than one non-fiction book in their lives after schooling, barely understand simple algebra and so on. Your faith in them is touching but the masses really do no deserve this sort of credit. Failure to understand this or any other unpleasant facts will not serve us. - samantha