From: Robert.Fish (Robert.Fish@target.com)
Date: Fri May 10 2002 - 08:51:33 MDT
I definitely agree with the loose cannon part of your conclusions. I guess
what I meant by "not specifically luddite" was that he was all over the map
with his ideology, not that he didn't have some specific points in with the
rest of the nonsense.
It was definitely an entertaining read if nothing else.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Lorrey [mailto:mlorrey@datamann.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 8:02 PM
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> Subject: Re: LUDD: Neb. Pipe bomb spree the work of luddites?
>
> "Robert.Fish" wrote:
> >
> > I guess he had a manifesto of sorts - posted here:
> > http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/lhletter1.html
> >
> > Doesn't sound specifically luddite, but similar.
>
> I'd say more than just similar. Here are some relevant passages:
> Page 1:
> "Everyone knows earth has its problems. The longer the mass fails to
> understand the longer suffering will occur for plants, animals, human,
> and Earth. We all suffer to certain degrees, weather it's mental or
> physical, and technology contributes to making many daily activities
> easier, however you in turn become dependant on the technology, and when
> something becomes broken, added pressures arise and the negative
> emotions/suffering occurs.
> Technology and complexity will never satisfy your desire of avoiding
> suffering..."
>
> Page 2:
> "As long as greed persists, people will desire to capitalize, in turn
> forcing people to slave away."
>
> The rest is a rather typical pothead dogma of belief in astral
> projection and other New Age vending machine spiritualism. While this
> fellow certainly isn't a trained luddite commando, nor as intellectually
> erudite as Ted Kazinski, nor sponsored by a luddite group, he is
> certainly a loose cannon produced by left wing subjectivism.
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