Re: Luddite defined

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I much prefer the friendly (or neutral) definition of a Luddite. Its use as
a perjorative is simultaneously a pre-emptive strike at someone who might
have cogent objections to some piece of alleged progress and a slur on the
historical Luddites, whose motives were neither whimsical nor stupid. That
said, I realize that it has entered the language as a perjorative. 
 *None* of which is to say I prefer III+ to 4 (actually and irrelevantly,
the contrary).

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                     Regards,
                     David
It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.
          --Russian proverb
"What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?"
            -Rev. Sydney Smith, letter to young lady, 22 July 1835


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David Auerbach              auerbach@xxxxxxxx
Department of Philosophy & Religion
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