From: Eric Watt Forste (arkuat@factory.net)
Date: Wed Aug 21 1996 - 12:18:41 MDT
On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, Russell Whitaker wrote:
> Eric and Max:
> Knowing Tom, I'm sure he meant it tongue-in-cheek when he said it, and
> I seconded it in similar humour.
Then I guess I'm the real sex maniac, since I was giving it serious
consideration as a rhetorically effective mnemonic! ;)
(Eric)
> > >I'm wary of this particular mnemonic because extropians are already being
> > >accused of being sex maniacs in other forums.
> >
(Max)
> > Or else of hating sex and anything physical!
>
(Russell)
> Eric: in which forums are extropians being accused of such unspeakable
> things?
On the transhumanist list, where a small minority of the list members
(perhaps just one or two) are waging a holy war against a future given
over to trans-party-animals.
But of course Max is right... I've also seen reactions from
non-transhumanists who assume that extropians are some sort of high-tech
ascetics, and who equate uploading with a desire for gonadectomy.
Sex is just one of those difficult issues: no matter what stance you
adopt toward it, you're sure to offend someone.
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