[ExI] What is the latest word on Keith Henson?

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Is the fund still open? If so, I'd like to make a
donation. It would be a small one, but such is my
life.

Jeff

--- Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:

> At 10:21 PM 5/23/2007 +0200, Sergio wrote:
> 
> >I am kind of baffled that so little is being done,
> that people are
> >not jumping in to try to do something. Keith could
> end up dead (quite
> >shortly) in that hell-hole. He needs our help.
> 
> Be baffled no longer. Here's Keith's reply some time
> ago to a similar post:
> 
> [someone:]
>  >When the nazis came to power in Germany they were
> able
>  >to do so because men and women that could have
> together
>  >done something about it did not act early enough.
> 
> [Keith:]
> I used to think that way.  Wore a white rose to my
> court appearances
> even.  Now I am not at all sure they could have had
> an effect against the
> social forces at work and the psychological traits
> humans have that came
> out of our history as hunter gatherers.
> 
> ==================
> 
>  From another direction, here's a memory that EP
> might help interpret:
> 
> [Keith:]
>  > >I am out, not in need of more money at the
> moment, but keep the checkbooks
>  > >and paypal accounts handy.
> 
> [Amara:]
>  >I thought it was very amazing for the hundreds(?)
> of people to donate and
>  >for ExI to raise ~$5000 for you in 3 days (while
> the institute is in
>  >the process of closing too.) This is the first
> time  in 15+ years that I saw
>  >the extropians+others open their wallets in a big
> way to help someone.
> 
> [Keith explained his apparent gracelessness, but
> perhaps too late to 
> hook those EP-influenced drivers back into gear:]
> 
> Please excuse my ignorance of the details of last
> weekend re the fund
> raising for my bail and legal expenses.  Little
> problem with not much
> communication while in jail, and the backlog of list
> postings and email may
> be beyond ever catching up with.... I sincerely
> appreciate every donation.
> 
> 
> 
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