Sany Reed NEEDS to be napalmed and raked over the coals by IW's readers. I am NOT ashamed for my very blunt BUT extremely accurate remarks. I call a spade a spade. She is not a person who just has a different opinion than mine but is intellectually honest. An intellectually honest person you can debate with or try to change their opinion. Ms. Reed, on the other hand, has a clear goal. Change the IW perception to advertisers, and make it a more "mainstream" IT rag. That is by any means necessary. That is why we have been disenfranchised in the "Reader's Choice Awards" (let us never use those words with the present setup). This crude attempt to blunt the opinion of the readership must be met head on. Your need to treat her so civilly is based on your clouded analysis of what has happened. When somebody does the moral equivalent of taking away my civil rights I am outraged, and express it in no uncertain terms. To you this is my flaw, to me this is my virtue.
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