Re: Fukuyama reviewed in NY Times

From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Sun May 05 2002 - 11:28:52 MDT


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>`...there have always been doubts about whether the human soul thrives best
>in the oppressively technological world we have created for ourselves,'
>Professor McGinn tells us.
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'There have always been doubts that Professor McGinn has
spent even a few minutes pondering his position,' spike Jones
tells us.

>`Freedom unconstrained by a substantive conception of that which makes life
>worthwhile is a recipe for meaninglessness.'
>
After viewing the Frontier House program cited by Mike Lorrey,
it is clear that unconstrained freedom is a recipe for comfort, health
and happiness. Unconstrained consumption of Professor McGinn's
reprehensible silliness is a recipe for stupidity.

>`...when the streets
>are crowded with mutants and
>supermen and we wonder where we went wrong.'
>
When I see the streets crowded with healthy happy proles enjoying
a giddy celebration of being alive in the 21st century, I wonder where
we went right. spike



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