[ExI] Extropian police officer who died on 9/11?

[nvitamore at austin.rr.com]

correction:  

achiest = atheist
council - counsel

Original Message:
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From: Jef Allbright jef at jefallbright.net
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:17:24 -0800
To: extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org
Subject: Re: [ExI] Extropian police officer who died on 9/11?


On 11/19/07, Natasha Vita-More <natasha at natasha.cc> wrote:

>  Thus, if you are unable to find a cryonicist/achiest who has notable
heroic
> behavior, there may still be someone who has done some act that in and of
> itself is heroic.  In this way, I would say that FM-2030 was a hero.  He
> perpetually helped people on a daily basis.  He took phone calls morning,
> noon, and night to council people who were dealing with  problems which
> affected their lives.  In this regard, he was not selfish and no one
thought
> of him as selfish in his relationships with people he counselled - his
> friends (I am strictly talking about friends or those who came to him for
> counselling).  I don't know all the people suspended, but I feel confident
> that there are some who are recognized in their communities to have been
> generous and selfless (meaning not stingy, but not meaning self-less.)

Natasha -

This sounds like the kernel of an idea for some powerful ongoing PR.

Oh, if only western language and culture didn't confuse "selfish and
"selfless."  We could use many more persons with a huge sense of self
extending far beyond their own skins.

- Jef
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