From: Matt Gingell (mjg223@nyu.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 10 1999 - 14:58:26 MDT
----- Original Message -----
From: J. R. Molloy <jr@shasta.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.com>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: Nanotech control systems (was Re: Transhuman Beach Party)
>From: Bryan Moss <bryan.moss@dial.pipex.com>
>>As funny as this sounds, why is it any
>>different from 'curing' homosexuality or skin colour?
>
>The difference lies in superficial variables. An identical principle
>applies: The principle of emotional inertia.
>
>Blind people want to stay blind, because gaining vision may mean losing
>some old friends, and the ties that bind. Homosexuals, concerned that former
>lovers may see switching sexual orientation as betrayal, prefer to stay the
>same. Similarly, unenlightened brains fear that they would lose the familiar
>comfort of their habitual thinking if they enter choiceless awareness.
I find the tone of these remarks rather offensive. You might benefit from an
orientation adjustment - you'd get to join a community of some of the kindest,
most intelligent, most accepting people I've ever known. I understand the point
you're making, but you really need to approach this subject with a little more
consideration and a lot more diplomacy.
-matt
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Fri Nov 01 2002 - 15:05:06 MST