From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Wed Apr 17 2002 - 05:22:14 MDT
On Wednesday, April 17, 2002 2:32 AM Harvey Newstrom
mail@HarveyNewstrom.com wrote:
> I disagree. I hate this quote. Extremism is evil, even if it is for
a
> good cause. Then ends do not justify the means. We must keep logic
and
> rationality in mind on every issue. No issue is so important that we
> break the rules, don't consider the consequences, or give ourselves
> special considerations that we do not allow for others. This is the
> trap that all evil empires and religious cults fall into. The cause
> becomes so great that we don't have time to plan, we don't have time
to
> consider, we don't have time to be careful. When the speed becomes of
> the essence so that delays are unacceptable, corners are cut, security
> is lost, mistakes are made, and catastrophes happen.
Whoa! How do you define "extremism" -- before going off on a moral
tangent here?
Cheers!
Dan
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/
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