From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Wed May 29 2002 - 22:02:13 MDT
Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> ...A Google search reveals the websites that seem to think Extropians
> are racists, or somehow connected to eugenics, white supremacy or
> other such groups.
> The worst example of this confusion were the Extropians@MIT, which
> caused a big stir by sending racist literature to new students using a
> stolen address list...
I dont think we should worry about this, since there is no
way to stop it. Anyone can get on extropians, pretend to be
one of the in-crowd, then post any kind of vile corruption
they want, which can be quoted by anyone in a website,
not knowing the post was made by an infiltrator.
Enemies of extropy can easily discount the entire
organization by tagging it with what our society
views as the most vile of all attitudes: racism. Thought
experiment: what was the most offensive English word
20 years ago? Hint: starts with an f. What is it today?
Hint: the World Football League went extinct because
the players were using this term.
Anyone can diss any internet group by tagging it neonazi.
Does anyone here think we dont have enemies? We
discuss making people greater than human. Plenty of
people want humanity to die out altogether, never mind
becoming even more powerful. What do you think is
the attitude of Religion Incorporated towards extropy?
What is the attitude of the anti-progress hordes?
Dont lose sleep over those things we cannot change. spike
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