Re: META: Why I'm boycotting Extropy (TM)

From: Natasha Vita-More (natasha@natasha.cc)
Date: Thu Sep 07 2000 - 19:51:55 MDT


At 01:31 AM 9/7/00 EDT, Nadia wrote:

>The two things I totally disagree with the most frequent posters about, and
>quite often (!) are 1) libertarian politics - which I regard as destructive,
>lacking in compassion, humanity and empathy,

I think this is a very broad generalization. While I prefer voting on
issues to voting on politicians, I favor some approaches to issues that
libertarians take and I do not find that these approaches to issues are
lacking in compassion. I have thought about this very carefully due to my
strong views about developing and maintaining a deep awareness of other
individuals and their situations in life. As such, I do not see a conflict
of interest.

> and 2) The deity of Ayn Rand
>(who seems unsocialized, maladjusted and quite possibly a pathological
>misanthrope).

While I don't particularly care for Rand's views on many issues, most
importantly the arts, the most frequent posters on this list do not discuss
Rand.

Natasha



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