Meta: Too far Re: [extropy-chat] Re: Iraq and legality again

[Dirk Bruere]

Natasha Vita-More wrote:

> Frankly, a true and correct vision of transhumanism would not be 
> nationalistic, but for the future - whatever organization of people 
> and governing/ruling of society takes place.
>
> Just like pitting one country against another, pitting one political 
> position against another is lacking in scope and sorely missing the 
> thrust of transhumanism.
>
> This is precisely why I oppose the forced democracy of WTA and the 
> insistence by James Hughes, Mike, or Dirk -  or any of us that one 
> political position is better than another and that people have to fit 
> neatly into a political box.  All of them - us - have positive things 
> to offer to the world and it would be good to see them realized rather 
> than used to dismiss and/or criticize others within our community.
>
My position is somewhat different.
I believe groups of people should be free to determine for themselves 
how they live their lives without being subject to the dictatorship of a 
majority that they do not affect physically.

> What we need to do is to get futuristic and learn how to rise above 
> this 20th Century inability to resolve conflict.
>
We almost did that for a short time in the early 1990s
At that point it looked like we had finally got to the point where we 
realised that invading other peoples countries on any pretext other than 
direct self defence was wrong. Now Bush does it on a pretext of lies, or 
if found out, it becomes 'regime change' or 'for their own good'.

-- 
Dirk

The Consensus:-
The political party for the new millenium
http://www.theconsensus.org



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