As much as some people may disagree with the following observations, I stand firmly by them. Let me start by stressing that I am not attempting to suppress anyone's opinions, nor do I intend to demean nanotechnology personally for its beliefs or worldviews. But I do suspect that I must prescribe a course of action. Nanotechnology is not only immoral, but amoral. In theory, nanotechnology's contrivances are featherbrained but reflective of the localized normative attitudes among sadistic rotters of various stripes. But in reality, someone once said to me, "Nanotechnology's hypocrisy has reached a new low." This phrase struck me so forcefully that I have often used it since.

Let's be realistic: I am convinced that there will be a strong effort on nanotechnology's part to seek temporary tactical alliances with dim-witted antagonists of various stripes in order to organize a whispering campaign against me by next weekend. This effort will be disguised, of course. It will be cloaked in deceit, as such efforts always are. That's why I'm informing you that nanotechnology's convictions have caused widespread social alienation, and from this alienation a thousand social pathologies have sprung. I like to think I'm a reasonable person, but you just can't reason with improvident yobbos. It's been tried. They don't understand, they can't understand, they don't want to understand, and they will die without understanding why all we want is for them not to impugn the patriotism of nanotechnology's opponents. So, sorry for being so long-winded in this letter, but my personal safety depends upon your starting to fight scurrility and slander, just as your personal safety depends upon my doing the same.

---

Brought to you by Scott Pakin's automatic complaint-letter generator.