From: Mark Walker (mail@markalanwalker.com)
Date: Tue Jun 25 2002 - 06:08:52 MDT
Damien Broderick wrote:
> At 10:40 AM 6/24/02 -0400, Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
> > People are dying while
> >Samantha and Olga, et al continue to make excuses with deflections,
> >denials, etc. Of course, their ilk did the same thing 40-60 years ago in
> >another part of the world.
>
> That would be Canada. Half a century ago, the icy northern plains
thundered
> to the hoof beats of the mighty ilk as they roamed free from steppe to
sea,
> anters gleaming, nostrils steaming, girth ungirded. Now they're a sorry
> sight, penned into their ilk reserves, forced to drag wagons of jeering
> children along the ruts of amusement parks, their sweet velvet gone
crusted
> and patchy, their noble eyes sunken and weepy in the icy blasts. Forget
> about the people dying--what about the wretched ilk, I say!
>
Damien I can't believe you bought into this propaganda. As a Canadian I can
assure you that ilk are not indigenous to Canada. Some arrived here at the
turn of the twenty-first century as refugees escaping the Great Redneck Wars
on the Extropian list. They have returned to almost full vigor in their new
home (except that even after all this time the mere mention of the name
'Mike Lorrey' is enough to cause them to faint).
Mark
Dr. Mark Walker
Research Associate (Philosophy), Trinity College, University of Toronto
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Evolution and Technology,
(www.transhumanist.com)
Editor-in-Chief, Transhumanity, (www.transhumanism.com)
Home page: http://www.markalanwalker.com
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