From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Thu May 23 2002 - 13:13:08 MDT
On Thursday, May 23, 2002, at 02:33 pm, CurtAdams@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 5/23/02 9:03:48, lcorbin@tsoft.com writes:
>
>> DUH! I WONDER IF ANY OF THE PEOPLE ALWAYS GOING ON
>> ABOUT THE PRINCIPLES EVER STOP TO READ THEM!!?? CHRIST!
>
> I don't see (many) discussions questioning the Extropian principles. I
> don't
> see people discussing under what circumstances the freedom of
> action principle would have to be disregarded. I see discussions
> which just assume away fundamental Extropian principles and
> rattle on about how to coerce people, blow them away, or whatever.
This is what I see as well. People just ignore the Principles or
individual freedoms and go off on some coercive "solution" regardless.
When people point out the flaw, they tend to argue against dogmatism
instead of directly addressing why they want to coerce people or do away
with freedoms.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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