From: Jerry Mitchell (jmitch12@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Mon Dec 11 2000 - 17:33:25 MST
Extremes in and of themselves are NOT good or bad. i.e. I always want
extreme honesty from my bank tellers and ATM machines. If you just want to
talk ideologies, then I put forth this, a system of extream justice is
better then a system of extreme injustice.
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From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
[mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Michael S. Lorrey
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 1:09 PM
To: extropians@extropy.org
Subject: Re: META: A brief phenomenology of extremism
hal@finney.org wrote:
>
> Joe Dees writes:
> > Extremists cannot bear considering themselves as extremists; they
> > must look upon themselves as mainstream - either present or future.
>
> How about Barry Goldwater's famous speech, "[E]xtremism in the defense of
> liberty is no vice... moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue"?
> For that moment, at least, Goldwater proudly wore the title of extremist.
He always has, one of the few men of such prominence to do so without
qualms. Joe, of course, is the quintessential self described
'mainstream' person.
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