From: KPJ (kpj@sics.se)
Date: Fri May 24 2002 - 03:41:07 MDT
It appears as if Lee Corbin <lcorbin@uui.com> wrote:
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|Those who tell someone "that's not in accord with the Principles!" or
|ask "where do you find justification for *that* in the Principles?" may
|not realize it, but they are acting to establish a Party Line, and acting
|towards institutionalizing belief. They've got the cart before the horse:
|the extropian principles only *summarize* what some very clear thinking
|and articulate extropians have thought, and they are of course always
|subject to criticism or even outright denial. The Extropian principles
|should derive from the ideas and beliefs of people, not the other way
|around.
You have summarized my point of view perfectly. Thank you.
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