Why is Soaring declining

'Violence is the last resort of the incompetent' No,
not a personal attack, a quote attributed to Salvor
Hardin or Isacc Assimov, but true nevertherless.

Avoiding issues and favouring attacking those who perhaps
identify a problem is not the answer to anything. Lennie
may be everything you say but should we ignore everything
he says?
Is there not the remotest chance he may be right? If
he is wrong perhaps reasoned argument is a better way
to show this than hurling abuse.

In my experience a lawyer with a poor case will always
stoop to attacking personalities. A lawyer with a good
case does not need to.


At 13:36 20 April 2004, Bill Gribble wrote: (Snip)
Don Johnstone writes
and is this not exactly the reason why soaring is declining,
Violence of any sort is the last resort of the
imcompetent.

Uh, incompetent? I'm quite sure Mr Flewett can fight
his own battles,
but in any case, now who's getting personal? And,
for that matter, who