von Braun in the Rainbow

[rich]

mild but condescending nevertheless--i am just relating my feelings
toward the review itself. i don't know much about dyson but the
impression one gets from the review (listening Monte?) is rather
condescending as well--the V-weapons weren't a big deal, some suffered
big deal, Von Braun's work at NASA was awe inspiring, blah blah

at the level of science progress it works; as a moral arbiter of a
controversial figure like VB, it fails--just by what we wrote about
Neufeld's book, period.

Rich

On Jan 3, 2008 9:54 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 3, 2008 5:28 AM, Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
> > b)  Why could Rich's position not be refuted overwhelmingly without ad hominem attack
>
> Checking the record re. Monte's "ad hominem attack," I found it
> consisted of a *single statement* following a point by point
> refutation of Rich's problems w/ Dyson's review.  That statement was:
> "Rich, you really haven't a clue, have you?"
>
> Rather mild as ad hominems go, especially on this list....
>