12/17/2004 02:24:00 PM|||Joe|||Heh heh. I've been accused of all sorts of crap. I've been in arguments where I've been accused of supporting Saddam Hussein. Of supporting right-wing conservative christian agendas. Even of supporting Bush. It's all untrue, and I'm confused when I get these accusations.

But today took the cake. I was accused of being a Microsoft apologist. Pretty funny stuff. You should be able to pick me out. Hint: fwonkas. Hint #2: I mistype “they're” as “their” (dammit). Hint #3: I use mostly proper grammar and sentence structure.

It's like if you have a tempered (not neutral) or reasonable stance with just about anything, people automatically assume the worst of you. So I may be pro-choice, but if I express any sort of compromise (like, say, it might actually be beneficial, or at the very least permissible, for pregnant women to be counseled on alternatives to abortion; which I think is important for any major invasive surgical procedure), suddenly I'm anti-choice. Or if I think that Hussein wasn't worth overthrowing, I'm a flag-burning pacifist. Or if Jason argues that prostitution may be harmful to society, he's a right-wing christian moralist.

It's bizarre, and it's kind of funny. I'm continually stunned at how I manage to piss off people on all sides of all fences. And I'm not even sitting on the fence.

So now I'm suddenly a defender of Microsoft, because I think the guys at macslash are overreacting. Okay.

I suppose that if I were to acknowledge that Bill Gates is a bit of a philanthropist and that he isn't the anti-christ, that means I fornicate with copies of Windows Longhorn? (Bring on the jokes involving LONGhorn. Wheee)

The specific accusation is here.

Maybe it's karma. I've probably done my share of jumping to conclusions. This is pretty funny, though.|||110332228976716732|||Danger of Being Reasonable