[ExI] Gunfight at the OK Convention
spike
spike66 at att.net
Mon Mar 28 13:50:29 UTC 2016
From: extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Anders Sandberg
Subject: Re: [ExI] Gunfight at the OK Convention
>…I got the impression the petition was actually started by a bunch of democrat gadflies. But the joke is a pretty good one. Whenever I encounter someone being irrationally optimistic about the politeness and peacemaking properties of guns I suggest that this is why we ought to arm prisoners….Still, we ought to get away from the dreaded g*ns topic (we had a ban on it on this list for many years, given the fierce positions some people took). …
Anders we have apparently changed. Last several times the topic has come up, the ExI crowd handled it with respect and care. We haven’t really had a flame war here since those days, so far back in the mirror now I don’t even recall when it was. 2000?
As I wrote the previous line, I realized something else: my other lists don’t have flame wars anymore either. The internet activist community has grown up. It has become a kinder, gentler place. Spontaneous order? Persistent negative feedback for flamers?
spike
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