From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Sat Sep 15 2001 - 17:02:06 MDT
Spike Jones wrote,
> Whoa, Harvey, lighten up, man. I understand under these trying
> circumstances the emotional response however.
>
> Im not sure
> that you would object to modifying obviously false portions
> of scripture by inserting true scientific ones. Is that lying? If
> we inserted the meme: "There *is* no afterlife," is that lying?
You misunderstand my response. There is nothing emotional about opposing
fraud and deceit. Your calls for document forgery, product
misrepresentation, consumer fraud, and other trickery is definitely
anti-truth. Trying to trick into accepting your position goes against
everything that freedom, science, civilization, Extropianism and
Transhumanism stand for. These are not the methods of someone who really
believes in Truth.
> Recall that denial and deception are as much a part of warfare
> as weapons. Denial and deception are seen in every species
> of animal that I know of. Let us be truthful with dealing with
> truth. When fighting a war, let us use every trick in the book.
> And invent new ones that are not in there yet. spike
I have years of security consulting experience with the FBI, DoD, CIA, NRO,
DoJ and the Pentagon. I know what disinformation is. I also know what
truth is. It is not possible to the former to further the latter. They are
mutually exclusive.
-- Harvey Newstrom <http://HarveyNewstrom.com> <http://Newstaff.com>
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