From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Tue Oct 31 2000 - 07:57:20 MST
From: Russell Whitaker <russ_whitaker@yahoo.com>
Extropians,
>Good to see so much discussion spawned on the
>topic of firearms on these 2 lists (I'm copying
>exi-bay, which, like it or not, seems to have
>an active a non-announcement thread running
>at the moment).
>I'm one of the old-time extropians who adheres to
>the intended, well-articulated meaning of the word
>"extropian", which _requires_ libertarianism. I've
>long thought of real extropians as being different
>from armchair libertarians, in that extropians
>_work_ to make something more of themselves as
>individuals.
Russell,
Most of the serious gun discussions have moved to the exi-
freedom@egroups.com list, you may wish to join us. There is a
rousing discussion on the legal battle for the 2nd Amendment going
on right now.
>Back to the libertarianism subthread, I'm not
>interested in disputing those newbies who've
>not done their historical research. For those
>who are interested in reading good polemics on
>the connection between firearms and freedom,
>read John Ross' "Unintended Consequences", the
>"Atlas Shrugged" of the new freedom movement
>("http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1888118040/o/qid=972940
>505/sr=8-1/ref=aps_sr_b_1_1/104-1816499-7542319"),
>and the works of L. Neil Smith (quoted
>above; traverse the links from that page, there's
>plenty there).
I have "Unintended Consequences" sitting on my desk in the next-to-
read pile.
Brian
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