[extropy-chat] Cults/drugs

[Dirk Bruere]

On 2/16/06, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/16/06, Dirk Bruere wrote:
> >
> >  I am pursuaded, but you are brainwashed etc
> >  The fact that two people can come to conflicting conclusions given the
> same
> > data means that there is likely no objective position.
> >
>
> That is a very silly, smart-alec statement unworthy of you, Dirk.
>
> Either,
>
> 1) You have very little knowledge of the way cult persuaders work and
> the techniques they use. (Which I find hard to believe), or,
>
> 2) You are intent on defending the cult persuaders techniques by
> equating them with a group of people having a discussion.
> (Which is a ridiculous comparison. Naive people meeting these cult
> persuaders for the first time are like children in the lions den).
>
> 3) Or maybe it was just a cynical remark that appealed to you at the time.

4) Caveat Emptor - I do not like the idea that people should be 'saved
from themselves' when they do something you don't like. What
consenting adults do amongst themselves is not my business, nor is it
yours IMO.

Dirk