[extropy-chat] Pure Gossip: Who will Anders marry?

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[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Robert Bradbury
Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 11:16 AM
To: ExICh
Subject: [extropy-chat] Pure Gossip: Who will Anders marry?

Ok, I will freely admit that I'm potentially abusing the list, causing
discomfort to some individuals, being "bad", etc.  Live with it (unless the
list "gods" censor this...).


Ja, consider it censored.  list god.


...The list is obviously male biased, and so one has to ask why?  Why are
there not more XX people on the list?  Setting aside that fact -- should we
seek to correct it?...


Noted.  Open to suggestion sir.


...  But in observing Anders, the world, the Internet, etc. the question of
*whom* would be the best partner(s) with Anders does arise [1].  Should "we"
make it a mission to find one for Anders? [2, 3]  Robert


"We" should not.  Inappropriate, desist forthwith, thanks.


...1. Given that this is written from a distance it may be the case that
Anders is already partnered and I don't know about it.  In which case the
discussion merely shifts from him to the next person on the list...


Or not.  Desist forthwith thanks.

 
...2.  (Side note to Anders -- humanity trumps your feelings -- maybe.)...


Or maybe not.  Like Huck Finn's former slave Jim, Anders owns himself.  As
much as humanity would like to own him, Anders still owns himself.



 
... 3. For those that object -- assume that I've already spent some time
thinking about this message (I have).  Assume that I've balanced it from my
perspective (I have).  Also assume it is written from the framework of
considering "What is the greater good?"...


In Anders' case, he is the one who decides the greater good where his
partnering is concerned.


  ..."Do no harm" or "Do no evil" don't cut it in my book...


They cut it in my book.


  ...One has to think in a forward perspective and be dealing with
sustainability and the minds which can support that...


Minds like those of Anders are a cheerful accident of evolution.  We cannot
legitimately urge him to spawn or clone himself, regardless of how much we
love the man.

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