>From: "J. R. Molloy" <jr@shasta.com>
>>From: "Brian D Williams" <talon57@well.com>
>> And as Harvey has already pointed out, Ad Hominem attacks are
>> prohibited by list rules.
>This is a list rule which is easy to circumvent, as you probably
>know. Sarcasm and snide remarks about the IQ of a poster have come
>from almost everyone here... and often the worst offenders are the
>first to whine and complain about it (Yudkowsky, for example).
Indeed, I've been on the receiving end of such remarks, and have
also apologized to others at other times for letting emotion get
the better of me.
But controlling our evolution, ourselves, and our future is part of
being an Extropian, and we should strive at all times literally and
figuratively to "take the high ground".
Brian
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