On 11/9/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
If you have a foolproof objective way of identifying the difference between the good and the bad tenacious advocates, I'd be grateful if you'd share it.
They're "good" if they are using it to fight "real" injustice in "real life". They're "bad" if they are using it to push a POV or get their way on a website. I'm not saying that people with alternative positions on issues shouldn't state their case. I'm saying that they should state it in a civil manner, see if it flies, and if it doesn't then go do something else.
BTW Martin Luther King had a "consensus".