Letters Propaganda Bert Trvb.i's "I reethought 1 ()l )l Mari h 'll is a tine mm I>11• of the irrational propagan da" sl\ In hr strongly rrilii i/es first I h«- ri’ilm tio ad absurdum" of categorizing .ill religions together as "theism" shows no accurate representa lion of anv of them Tlie\ are diverse, often ini ompalible s\s terns Furthermore the failure ot a few religious leaders is not equivalent to the intent of the w hole Second adjei lives, quote marks and olisi me words like "anomie" are used to indui e trust and bias in the reader's mind without am evidence or rational basis. Third: insubstantial state ments abound. Religious groups don't monopolize the media, and religion seldom ro operates with the press, much less i ollaborates The evidence Trvba presents is grossly in complete and poork applied I would prefer rational thought with solid assumptions and balam ed. i omplete evideni e Clear, careful deliberation, and honest, rational communi cation are more effective weap ons against propaganda than more propaganda Don't be i onfused bv empty ideas I would like to respond to Ruilv Asen ion s i ornment about lofinmichael Monteith s earlier letter 101)1 Man h g| Insulting Monteith s ibilits to analv/.e what industrs is us mg in itsell is naive 1 have seen many software and com puter i ompames settle into a A M. Sauerwein Musii mix ot the IDS! and Mai intush s\ stems t death 1HM computers have their stronghold a v\ ideiy ae i epted base mam titles and applii ations an easily expand able and sometimes ver\ cheap system \nd Mai intosha umpu ters have their own ,i strin gent single m.intil.K hirer with high standards, ease ot use ti ni form i t \ m user interface, and little i liange in the system an lutei Hire It is true, however that Un likelihood ot a university grad uate using .in IUM is high Maybe m 10 years, it Apple lias di-i ided to progress with let h oology Asert ion's statement will be valid Mai intosh i an delinilely help a user serve his purpose in ihr short run Hut alter .1 few months going through six menus to do tour things he (mins ,1 hurden And b\ that lime, most people would lie able to futu lion well on the IBM. espet iallv using win (low s I malh it is ,1 1 old hard l.u t that Mai s are overprn eil I hex have been lighting attempted 1 tones lor si\ \ears a sign that they are delinitelv not prepared tor 1 niupetitinn. and don't want to be bothered with being toned to improve their prod in t ()nl\ now 1 an .1 l niversiK student pun base one tor under a thousand Non 1 an get an IBM toi sono Stex e t pstem Finance. marketing. 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