[ExI] the formerly rich and their larvae...

Tom Tobin korpios at korpios.com
Wed Feb 13 21:32:08 UTC 2008


On 2/13/08, PJ Manney <pjmanney at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 13, 2008 12:25 PM, Tom Tobin <korpios at korpios.com> wrote:
> > Geez.  I just realized that I'm sitting on the Extropy Institute
> > mailing list ... the libertarian transhumanist mailing list ...
> > complaining about libertarianism.  I must sound like a troll.  I'm
> > sorry.  I'll go somewhere else.  ^_^
>
> Don't you go anywhere!  It's good to shake things up and the guys who
> are debating you live for this debate.  They lie in wait, crouched by
> their computers for a bright young thing to give them lip and you gave
> them their fresh meat.  They may not realize it, but they're actually
> grateful.  You revived their raison d'être, like a shot of political
> Viagra.  As long as you're game and civil, they will be, too.
>
> Frankly, I'm happy to see bright young people like you and Bryan
> bravely join the fray.  You bring a necessary energy to this group it
> sometimes lacks with all us grumpy geezers.  I'm happy for you to
> stay.
>
> Of course, I don't control the list.  And I don't disagree with you,
> either.  At least so far...  ;-)

Okay, I'm not going anywhere.  ^_^


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