[extropy-chat] Samanth's post

[Natasha Vita-More]

At 03:04 PM 6/27/04 -0700, s wrote:
>On a discussion list it is quite appropriate to discuss what the 
>discussion space is and is not for including what is and is not reasonable 
>discourse and topics.   It is also appropriate to react to what is 
>discussed honestly.   If these things are not important then it is not a 
>"discussion list" at all.   The "attack" was on a topic under discussion 
>that was designed and delivered to be inflammatory to start with.  That it 
>got some flame is honestly to be expected.  And no, I do not agree that we 
>should only discuss dispassionately the murder of hundreds of thousand, 
>the razing of sacred sites of no less than three western religion or 
>declaring ourselves at war with a world religion.
>  We are not dispassionate computers weighing the hypothetical results of 
> unleashing such violence.  Nor should we be.


S, you show some sound judgment with you post, above.  Yet, it is 
unacceptable on this list to accept posts with subject headers such as the 
one used by Hubert.  It is inexcusable and not a mindful way to deal with 
the distaste he, you, or anyone felt about the Robert's thread. Two wrongs 
do not make a right.

Natasha


>- samantha
>
>On Jun 27, 2004, at 10:54 AM, Adrian Tymes wrote:
>
>>--- Samantha Atkins <samantha at objectent.com> wrote:
>>>So being a critic is unreasonable behavior calling
>>>for severe reprimand
>>>and even being labeled as a "fascist" but proposing
>>>blowing up many
>>>thousands of people and centers of one or more
>>>religions is merely
>>>being a "devil's advocate".    How does that work?
>>
>>This is a discussion list.  This list is here for the
>>purpose of discussion.  Attacking the discussion
>>itself is therefore worse than any particular thing
>>being discussed.
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