At 17:54 -0400 9/2/04, Wirt Atmar wrote:

>One person wrote me privately:
>
>> --- Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>  > For those who don't want to read all of Miller's comments, the one-line
>>  > executive summary of his speech is this: "Grumpy old man trying to scare
>>  > the children."
>>
>> A summary of the democratic convention would be grumpy people trying
>> to scare the seniors?
>
>That's actually not an unfair point. People are at their most persuadable, if
>not outrightly gullible, when they're afraid.
>
>It's your job not to fall for these facile manipulations and ask how much
>truth is actually behind what is being ranted and raved from the podium, no
>matter who the podium belongs to.

I agree with Wirt.  I would suggest a slight editorial change on Wirt's
sentence.  This minimal change would convey Wirt's message in a
"nice positive" way that (as a bonus) would cost Wirt fewer keystrokes:

"That's actually not an unfair point" => "That's actually a fair point"

Lazy as always,

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