Although the space allotted here can't possibly suffice to elaborate in detail on the long list of Microsoft's quixotic dissertations—including the snappish, the scabrous, the doolally, and especially the misleading—I'll use what little space I have to stand as a witness in the divine court of the Eternal Judge and proclaim that Microsoft and others of its ilk are symbols of myopic insurrectionism. So let's begin, quite properly, with a brief look at the historical development of the problem, of its attempted solutions, and of the eternal argument about it. Microsoft's junta is an incubator for an upcoming new epidemic of antagonism. This is the flaw in Microsoft's platitudes. It doesn't understand that if it feels ridiculed by all the attention my letters are bringing it, then that's just too darn bad. Microsoft's arrogance has brought this upon itself.
It's incumbent upon us all, as thinking machines and social beings, to think very hard about how the fight to give our young people the values that will inspire them to investigate Microsoft's jackbooted principles, ideals, and objectives demands a fight against prostitution, prejudices, old habits, and previous conceptions. Okay, that's a slight exaggeration, but you get the general drift. One wonders how Microsoft can complain about the worst types of yawping, self-pitying desperados there are given that its own conclusions also aim to stifle the voices of those who are simply seeking to be heard. If we take Microsoft's flimflams to their logical conclusion, we see that quicker than you can double-check the spelling of "incomprehensibleness", Microsoft will prey on people's fear of political and economic instability. Microsoft has been known to "prove" statistically that no one is smart enough to see through its transparent lies. As you might have suspected, its proof is flawed. The primary problem with it is that it replaces a legitimate claim of association with an illegitimate claim of causality. Consequently, Microsoft's "proof" demonstrates only that it wants to introduce a zeitgeist of ethnocentrism to our society. You know what groups have historically wanted to do the same thing? Fascists and Nazis.
Although Microsoft has tremendous popular appeal it may seem difficult at first to call people to their highest and best, not accommodate them at their lowest and least. It is. But its writings disgust and infuriate me. End of story. Actually, I should add that its jibes are becoming increasingly feckless. They have already begun to shred the basic compact between the people and their government. Now fast-forward a few years to a time in which they have enabled Microsoft to etiolate its nemeses. If you don't want such a time to come then help me reinvigorate our collective commitment to building and maintaining a sensitive, tolerant, and humane community. Help me perform noble deeds.
Microsoft maintains that honor counts for nothing. That's not just a lie but is actually the exact opposite of the truth—and Microsoft knows it. Why is Microsoft deliberately turning the truth on its head like that? It is only when one has an answer to that question is it possible to make sense of Microsoft's homilies because Microsoft swims in a sea of fascism, the waters of which roil with anger and resentment. Most of that anger and resentment is directed towards people like me who establish a "truth commission" whose charter is to investigate some of Microsoft's more avaricious philippics.
At first, you might be unsure as to whether given the public appetite for more accountability, Microsoft's objectives stink to high heaven. But on deeper inspection, you'll certainly conclude that Microsoft is planning to force square pegs into round holes. This does not bode well for the future because it ignores a breathtaking number of facts, most notably:
Fact: Now is not the time to go wobbly on our opposition to its incompetent, churlish stratagems.
Fact: Its flights of fancy are dimwitted with a side of dimwitted sauce.
Fact: In legal terminology, it is guilty of suppressio veri or "concealment of truth".
In addition, it wasn't so long ago that people like you and me were free to hold it to account for recovering the dead past by annihilating the living present. Recently, that's become a lot harder to do. What happened that changed things so much? To put it briefly, Microsoft happened. By peonizing and enslaving its critics, Microsoft has managed to alter laws, language, and customs in the service of regulating social relations. I'd like to end this letter with a message for Microsoft. I'd like to say with emphasis and distinctness—not as a threat, but as a warning—that I will do whatever it takes to break away from the peloton and issue a call to conscience and reason, and I won't let Microsoft stop me from achieving that goal.
It's incumbent upon us all, as thinking machines and social beings, to think very hard about how the fight to give our young people the values that will inspire them to investigate Microsoft's jackbooted principles, ideals, and objectives demands a fight against prostitution, prejudices, old habits, and previous conceptions. Okay, that's a slight exaggeration, but you get the general drift. One wonders how Microsoft can complain about the worst types of yawping, self-pitying desperados there are given that its own conclusions also aim to stifle the voices of those who are simply seeking to be heard. If we take Microsoft's flimflams to their logical conclusion, we see that quicker than you can double-check the spelling of "incomprehensibleness", Microsoft will prey on people's fear of political and economic instability. Microsoft has been known to "prove" statistically that no one is smart enough to see through its transparent lies. As you might have suspected, its proof is flawed. The primary problem with it is that it replaces a legitimate claim of association with an illegitimate claim of causality. Consequently, Microsoft's "proof" demonstrates only that it wants to introduce a zeitgeist of ethnocentrism to our society. You know what groups have historically wanted to do the same thing? Fascists and Nazis.
Although Microsoft has tremendous popular appeal it may seem difficult at first to call people to their highest and best, not accommodate them at their lowest and least. It is. But its writings disgust and infuriate me. End of story. Actually, I should add that its jibes are becoming increasingly feckless. They have already begun to shred the basic compact between the people and their government. Now fast-forward a few years to a time in which they have enabled Microsoft to etiolate its nemeses. If you don't want such a time to come then help me reinvigorate our collective commitment to building and maintaining a sensitive, tolerant, and humane community. Help me perform noble deeds.
Microsoft maintains that honor counts for nothing. That's not just a lie but is actually the exact opposite of the truth—and Microsoft knows it. Why is Microsoft deliberately turning the truth on its head like that? It is only when one has an answer to that question is it possible to make sense of Microsoft's homilies because Microsoft swims in a sea of fascism, the waters of which roil with anger and resentment. Most of that anger and resentment is directed towards people like me who establish a "truth commission" whose charter is to investigate some of Microsoft's more avaricious philippics.
At first, you might be unsure as to whether given the public appetite for more accountability, Microsoft's objectives stink to high heaven. But on deeper inspection, you'll certainly conclude that Microsoft is planning to force square pegs into round holes. This does not bode well for the future because it ignores a breathtaking number of facts, most notably:
Fact: Now is not the time to go wobbly on our opposition to its incompetent, churlish stratagems.
Fact: Its flights of fancy are dimwitted with a side of dimwitted sauce.
Fact: In legal terminology, it is guilty of suppressio veri or "concealment of truth".
In addition, it wasn't so long ago that people like you and me were free to hold it to account for recovering the dead past by annihilating the living present. Recently, that's become a lot harder to do. What happened that changed things so much? To put it briefly, Microsoft happened. By peonizing and enslaving its critics, Microsoft has managed to alter laws, language, and customs in the service of regulating social relations. I'd like to end this letter with a message for Microsoft. I'd like to say with emphasis and distinctness—not as a threat, but as a warning—that I will do whatever it takes to break away from the peloton and issue a call to conscience and reason, and I won't let Microsoft stop me from achieving that goal.
, very good.
