[extropy-chat] Exhibitionism (no, not THAT kind)

[Brett Paatsch]

I agree. The last post from Al Brooks on Microevolution didn't seem to be much about microevolution either.  I was actually interested to see what he'd say about microevolution. 

Please don't just barf in the list Al, its boring. Two of your recent posts have read like "blah, blah. phglem, Cindy Sheehan, blah, blah, puke Valerie Flame". 

Seems like in your desired to deride what you obviously find distasteful you have neglected to actually say anything at all. Please stop just barfing in the list.

Brett Paatsch

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Natasha Vita-More 
  To: ExI chat list 
  Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 11:56 AM
  Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Exhibitionism (no, not THAT kind)



  What does this post have to do with extropy or transhumanism?  If anything, I think this post is in bad taste.

  My my personal view.

  Natasha

  At 03:30 PM 8/20/2005, you wrote:

    The Cindy Sheehan Show outside of Crawford Texas displayed an exhibitionist streak in America, in this case Grieving Angry Mommy Sobbing On TV. It wasn't Cindy's deceased son Casey who starred in the show-- it was his very alive and kicking mother: "How could Bush do this to my son Casey?", not Casey Sheehan but rather "my SON Casey Sheehan". 
    In Tom Wolfe's 'The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test' Ken Kesey leads a few of his friends to an antiwar protest preceding a march and then goes on a platform to the microphone in front of a large crowd: "You're playing their game by marching, people have been marching for thousands of years and still there is war", says kesey to audience, "And what are you saying when you yell out loud for peace? You are saying, Me! ME! look at ME!".
    Cindy Sheehan fits this like a glove, she is saying 'look at me! I was just another grieving mother before, and now I'm a celebrity grieving mother! Look at me! ME! Look at ME!' 


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