Is it OK to be a Luddite?

[MalignD at aol.com]

What is this in service of?  I used the word; I know what it means.  

In a message dated 6/6/2001 1:50:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
DMillison at ftmg.net writes:

<< cranky \Crank"y\ (-?), a. 1. Full of spirit; crank.
 
 2. Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety.
 [Colloq.]
 
 3. Unsteady; easy to upset; crank. 
 
 
 Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
 
 
 
 cranky adj 1: (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail [syn:
 crank, tender, tippy] 2: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly
 fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" [syn:
 fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant,
 testy, tetchy, techy] 
 
 
 Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University >>