From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Thu May 23 2002 - 17:09:20 MDT
Harvey Newstrom wrote:
>
> Nice try, Lee. But this distortion of Anti-Extropian ideas under the
> banner of Extropianism is the exact thing I am against. Whether you are
> trying to be sarcastic to make real Extropian ideas look bad, or whether
> you are trying to be serious and co-opt Extropians to a different
> agenda, the result is the same. We must be careful to keep Extropians
> focused on Extropy. Entropic ideas need to go find their own forum.
And in the good liberal tradition (which says that a true liberal is so
unpresumptuous that s/he will not even defend their own opinion) condemn
those who seek to defend extropy against luddism for being
'anti-extropian' by doing so. Self defense is one of the most extropic
ideals, and extends not just to defense of one's life, but of one's
goals, plans, and aspirations against those who would impose an
anti-technological straightjacket by force.
History shows that those who take such pollyannish pacifist policies
lose in the end, in EVERY case.
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