From: Zero Powers (zero_powers@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Jul 10 2002 - 02:13:19 MDT
Max, I think you did a commendable job against these idiots. But it's
pretty clear it was a waste of time. I know you didn't have a whole lot of
insight into Moreno's perspective prior to the debate (and probably didn't
realize how biased the "moderator" was going to come off) prior to the
debate. But from the transcript it's pretty clear that they were both dead
set on setting up and knocking down strawman arguments and couching the
debate in terms that would merely mock the pro-cryo position.
Seems to me it would be better to avoid such one-sided forums and stick to
debating (if at all) only where the arguments will be given the time and
scope necessary to flesh out their respective claims and bases, rather than
such sound-bite based forums as Crosstalk.
An atheist would never be given a fair hearing at a religious convention and
would only be mocked as an ignorant heathen. Similarly, an Extropian is not
going to be given any semblance of a fair hearing in the half hour format of
a Crosstalk debate. Personally I'd avoid such spectacles. You're not going
to win any converts. You're only going to, at best, credibly deflect
mindless ridicule. Nonetheless, again, I think you made a valiant showing.
-Zero
"I'm a seeker too. But my dreams aren't like yours. I can't help thinking
that somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man.
Has to be." -- George Taylor _Planet of the Apes_ (1968)
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