Comment by Nelkins

Thanks for the reply. This post has a decent number of votes, and made it onto the front page. Which surprised me, because I thought the essay was meandering and unconvincing, and ended with a bunch of platitudes. Am I allowed to not like every essay I read? I was curious to know why other people found it compelling. That's all. More power to all the people who want to write essays on issues they think are important.