[extropy-chat] Re: Fwd: Manditory draft for your child?

[Trend Ologist]

All i said to Mike was I'm voting for Kerry because i
came from a liberal family and consider voting against
Bush a form of term limits, but naturally the word
socialist comes up; it's surprising 'communist' wasn't
thrown in for good measure. 
I was a flaming pinko in the past- not any more,
that's all for young punks who have to learn the hard
way. i just want to die and be frozen.


> I think you have missed the point of my comment.  It
> was not directed
> towards you or towards any political position in
> particular.  We are all
> vulnerable to the temptation to force our thoughts
> into conformance with
> an overriding ideology.  Conservatives, liberals,
> republicans, democrats,
> libertarians, socialists, even extropians, all
> adherents to a system of
> beliefs are at risk.
> 
> Objectively, how likely is it that a popular
> ideology would be so
> perfectly attuned with your own mind's opinions that
> you would agree
> with it in every respect?  Given the tremendous
> variation in our
> individual natures and experiences, the chances are
> really very low.
> And yet so often we find ourselves unconciously
> adopting certain views
> simply because they are part of some ideological
> package.
> 
> Hal
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