Re: Liberty vs. Utopia

From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Fri Aug 23 2002 - 22:35:25 MDT


At 07:46 AM 8/23/02 -0700, Brian D Williams wrote:

>>Do we really believe that such labels as "liberal", "socialist",
>>"left winger" and so on are remotely sufficient to express the
>>multi-dimensional reality

>On the other hand it can be a great time saver, in the above
>mentioned example for instance, you would know both literally and
>figuratively what "ammo" to pack.

*Literally*?!

Shit, I think most if not all of the Aussie contingent on this list had
better stay well away from any extropian gathering where Brian D Williams
packs his "ammo", since we'd all (I estimate) be on the "liberal" or
"left-winger" end of that calibration--it's just how things are in the
Preferred Homeland.

Damien Broderick



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