[Vision2020] Dale Courtney is not an idiot

[Nicholas Gier]

Dear Visionaries,

I've enjoyed all of Joe Campbell's postings and I congratulate him on 
his election as a Town Crier.

But I have to disagree with him about Dale Courtney.  An idiot is a 
person of limited intellectual capacity and this does not describe Dale 
at all.  He is a very intelligent person who has used his talents in 
destructive and irresponsible ways.

I refuse to read his website, so I can only guess what he's said about 
you, Joe.  It appears to have something to do with your use of your 
university e-mail address.  Both Joe and I are trained in critical 
reasoning and argument and there is nothing improper about us bringing 
those skills to bear on issues on the V2020.  In our classes we 
discover very quickly that most of our students already have a basis 
for these skills, so there we certainly claim no monopoly.

Keep up the good postings, Joe!

Nick Gier