A friend of mine has brought the following rant to my attention. There's little point in arguing with an organisation whose sole purpose is to criticise the views and statements of another organisation (the FI) but I'd like to make a few points:
- FFFF's listing of Gaisan as a pro GOP blog is misleading. Gaisan isn't pro/contra anything political. The opinions on this blog are personal and have nothing to do with Gaisan.
- I have never said I was pro-Bush in any of my blog posts. I have however endeavoured to illustrate the idiotic fallacies of those who are blindly anti-Bush as childish ramblings. The man isn't perfect but it's not fair to say he's an idiot.
- I would not have voted for Bush Sr. or Jr. had I been given the opportunity to do so. This is substantially different from the reductionism of a "goodies versus baddies" approach which characterises most of the personal attacks from Fi Fie... I liked Clinton & Al Gore. Equally I have huge respect for Colin Powell who I believe should have been the US' first black president. He has the intellect and integrity that becomes a great statesman.
- There isn't any great crusade on this blog to do anything except air an opinion. I live in a democratic country and I'm therefore free to do that.
- I like Richard Waghorne's Sicilian Notes although I do not necessarily agree or condone all opinions expressed. It's called freedom of choice and Richard Waghorne understands that, unlike some.
Now that I've got that off my chest I can go back to hacking software.