From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Mon Jun 07 1999 - 14:27:37 MDT
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From: Mike Linksvayer <ml@justintime.com>
>How about something a little broader? If the goal is simply
>to get flamefests off the list, a separate exi-politics list
>could help. The problem isn't guns, it's the politics of
>guns, and the politics of property, of race, etc.
>If the goal is to only get gun-related flamefests off the
>list and perhaps engender some good discussion of other
>defense technologies and strategies, exi-defense would
>be a good candidate.
>In any case, I'm skeptical that creation of another list
>will do much to get rid of flamefests on this list. There
>are already many other places to discuss politics and guns.
>However, both sides feel a need to address opposing
>arguments wherever they appear. Someone will make
>statements about guns on this list again, and the opposing
>side will attempt to address those statements on this
>list, lest some lurker get the wrong impression and think
>there is no opposition. The only change will be that
>pressure to stop will consist of "I'm sick of this, go to
>the guns/politics list" rather than today's "I'm sick of
>this, go someplace else".
Yes but the arguments would be removed from this list, which is
what everyone seems to want.
For my part, if an EXI-GUNS list is created I will not post
anything about guns here, as long as once warned any violator is
expunged from the list.
I am not interested in discussing guns on this list at all, but
will not allow the anti-gun meme to propagate unchecked. In other
words I wouldn't be a member of the EXI-GUNS list.
Brian
Member, Extropy Institute
www.extropy.org
Member, Life Extension Foundation
www.lef.org
Member, National Rifle Association
www.nra.org
1.800.672.3888
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