[extropy-chat] the latest fashion in prescription dispensing

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Thu Oct 7 04:27:36 UTC 2004


Yes, facetious... but no, people should NOT be
prevented from making decisions about what to put into
their bodies. The post was rejoicing at how Limbaugh
got caught, because if someone else in Florida 'done
what Rush done' then they Broke the Law and are to be
punished, however Limbaugh is supposedly being
persecuted by his enemies. Isn't it good this is
coming out into the open? Limbaugh isn't going to be
prosecuted for something like this, it would make a
martyr of him-- an older person in pain casting about
for relief. And if he is fined, one of his countless
friends will pay the fine. This is how laws change,
slowly & painfully; things don't change by
libertarians holding meetings and passing resolutions.

 I appreciate libertarianism in the philosophical
sense, but I'm a liberal, becoming more bourgeois with
age.

> I assume you are being facetious, and you actually
> believe that people
> should be legally prevented from making their own
> decisions about what
> substances to put into their bodies?
> 
> Would you extend this to extropian augmentations? 
> Do you think that
> society should hold veto power over whether you can
> choose to enhance
> your intelligence or emotional stability?
> 
> I know there are those who say that libertarianism
> is passe in
> transhumanist thought.  To me, it is a fundamental
> part of extropian
> philosophy that individuals have the right to
> enhance their own minds and
> bodies, even if society disapproves.  I'd be curious
> to hear from those
> who see themselves as extropian but who believe that
> these decisions
> should be made collectively, aiming at maximizing
> the social welfare.
> 
> Hal
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