[extropy-chat] darfur

[Jeff Davis]

I want to thank Samantha, and rise in support of her
declaration of "Baloney" below.

"Baloney.  There was nothing backwards looking about
hippies and I the current generation isn't all that
impressed by hippies, some of whom are their parents
or grandparents.  Where do you get this stuff?  Nor  
are older people there out of nostalgia.  They are
generally there because they are fed up."

Much of the commentary regarding protests and
protestors, demonstrations, hippies, etc seems to me
little more than pissy denigration by cultural
adversaries.  

Mass public activism is not at all a trivial matter. 
Ranging from simple demonstrations, to violent
demonstrations, to open revolt, the stirrings of
"people power" is serious business-not-as-usual
business.   

If you missed the sixties, it's a shame.  It was a
great time, a dynamic time, a time of turmoil, a time
of war and its horror, much like the current moment.

Be careful.  Peace and prosperity are far more fragile
and potentially fleeting than the atmosphere of
complacency they breed suggests.  September the
eleventh was a pinprick.

Good luck.  

Best, Jeff Davis
 
I know it is a weakness of human nature to become
emotionally invested in inconsequential tribal spats,
but people who want to be transhumanists need to be
able to get past that almost as a prerequisite.  In
fact, a good portion of the transhumanist ideals are
all about shedding this behavior.
                 j. andrew rogers


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