Reader Poll! High Road or Low Road?
Dear readers, it is my habit, if a hitherto unknown reader leaves a comment that consists of an insult devoid of content, to return insult for insult in the hopes of amusing my readers and deterring the empty-headed incivility of the barbarians. Nonetheless, I suffer a qualm of conscience when I do so, since ad hominem is illogical, and beneath the dignity of the Houyhnhnm race to which aspire. And it makes Baby Jesus cry.
So, help me decide. One the one hand, I am tired of Conservatives, for reasons of misplaced chivalry, being harassed and libeled by villains and standing mute or answering politely in return. I believe this is the prime cause for the present degeneration of society: using Marquis of Queensbury rules in a knife-fight.
On the other hand, such antics are undignified and crass, and redound no glory to my household. Any fool can call a stranger a fool, after all, and looks a fool when he does it.
Which would amuse and please my readers more? If you humble host takes the lofty high road, or the brawl and broil in the gutter?
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
