From: "Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury@aeiveos.com>
> I'll simply point out that there appears to be a contradiction
> in Heston's position. On the one hand he seems to be celebrating
> disobedience of Dr. King and the Founding Fathers but yet on the
> other hand he seems to be critical of corporate interests promoting
> the "disobedience" of individuals like "Ice-T". There is a hint
> that one must disobey "Peacably, yes. Respectfully, of course
> Nonviolently, absolutely." yet in the final analysis Heston seems
> clearly in favor of violence where justified to revolt against
> the oppressors.
So where's the contradiction?
Disobedience to tyrannical principles is obedience to liberating principles.
--J. R.
Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, cryonics, individual
uniqueness, ego
Everything that can happen has already happened, not just once,
but an infinite number of times, and will continue to do so forever.
(Everything that can happen = more than anyone can imagine.)
We won't move into a better future until we debunk religiosity, the most
regressive force now operating in society.
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