From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Sat Sep 16 2000 - 00:19:48 MDT
Dan Fabulich wrote:
> The NY Times is running an op-ed by Bruce Sterling entitled "Olympic
> Engineering."
>
> http://partners.nytimes.com/2000/09/16/opinion/16STER.html
>
> "This is the catwalk to the posthuman future. Olympic athletes are just
> fighting our battles first, mocking it up in a cleansing social
> ritual. If they try to slow down, an eager society will just take a
> route around them. They may remain honest to their oldest traditions -
> but if they do, they risk becoming sentimental antiques."
I wonder if it would do any good to contact our local papers and ask
them to run this? If they do, it would certainly help spread our
message.
<thinks about it, then shrugs> I'll go ahead and ask mine. Can't hurt
to try, can it?
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