From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Fri Apr 05 2002 - 09:04:58 MST
Dave Sill wrote:
>
> "Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury@aeiveos.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Dave Sill wrote:
> >
> > > I think personal liberty is fundamental to extropy, and I don't think
> > > it can be achieved by suspending liberties "temporarily".
> >
> > But extropianism is also about being "rational" (see principle 7).
>
> Are you willing to ignore some Principles (5 and 6) in the pursuit of
> others?
There is a difference between being rational and being practical or
pragmatic, as there is a difference between being rational and
rationalizing. Too many color their rationalizing excuses as 'being
rational', being 'practical' or 'pragmatic' or 'reasonable', etc.
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