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<DIV><SPAN class=235394817-14012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Dear
Jose,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=235394817-14012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thank
you for telling us much more about yourself -- by your selective use of
information and your invention of untruths -- than about me or anyone
else. For example, since in fact I do not believe in reincarnation, I could
never have wished for you a better one! </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=235394817-14012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>As a
Buddhist I have taken a vow to work toward the end of suffering for all sentient
beings. That includes Stalinists and neo-Nazis...and even you. This does not
make me a Stalinist or a neo-Nazi. And, I am relieved to say, it doesn't make me
you, either, my friend!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=235394817-14012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Good
luck in your future endeavors.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=235394817-14012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=235394817-14012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Regards,<BR><BR>Michael
LaTorra<BR><BR>mike99@lascruces.com<BR>mlatorra@nmsu.edu<BR>English Dept., New
Mexico State University<BR><BR>"For any man to abdicate an interest in science
is to walk with open eyes towards slavery."<BR>-- Jacob
Bronowski<BR><BR>"Experiences only look special from the inside of the
system."<BR>-- Eugen Leitl<BR><BR>"Man is a rope stretched between the animal
and the Superman: a rope across an abyss - a dangerous going across, a dangerous
wayfaring, a dangerous looking back, a dangerous shuddering and staying
still."<BR>-- Friedrich Nietzsche<BR><BR>Member:<BR>Board of Directors, World
Transhumanist Association: www.transhumanism.org<BR>Board of Directors,
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies: <A href="http://ieet.org/"
target=_blank>http://ieet.org/</A><BR>Extropy Institute:
www.extropy.org<BR>Alcor Life Extension Foundation: www.alcor.org<BR>Society for
Universal Immortalism: www.universalimmortalism.org<BR>President, Zen Center of
Las Cruces: www.zencenteroflascruces.orgwww.zencenteroflascruces.org</FONT>
</P></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
wtahall-bounces@transhumanism.org
[mailto:wtahall-bounces@transhumanism.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Jose
Cordeiro<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 14, 2006 4:02 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
wtahall@transhumanism.org; extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org;
wta-politics@transhumanism.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [wtahall] REAL POLITIK IN
THE WTA... and so long...<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 2.2pt 0pt 0cm"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Dear
friends,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 2.2pt 0pt 0cm"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This I hope will be
my last message here for a long time. I am tired of all this infighting and I
have better things to do, like you too. So please, don’t read any further if
you are thinking you are wasting your time now, and disregard any pornographic
material in between.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN class=235394817-14012006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> ... </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Mike
LaTorra</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">
is a good hearted man, unless you discuss with him his Buddhist and socialist
ideas. Then he gets really mad and threatens you with not being his friend and
hoping that you will have a better reincarnation next time. He is known for
putting together the WTA News and loving science fiction. He is very worried
because he feels that he is getting old (aren’t we all?). If you are a
Stalinist, but a “good” Stalinist, who makes nice web pages and translates
well into Russian, Mike LaTorra will invite you to join his Club since he has
a nice double morality.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2> ...</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 2.2pt 0pt 0cm"><SPAN><SPAN
class=235394817-14012006> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Transhumanistically
yours,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV></DIV><BR><BR>
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<P>La vie est belle!<BR><BR>Yosé (<A
href="http://www.cordeiro.org">www.cordeiro.org</A>)</P>
<P>Caracas, Venezuela, Americas, TerraNostra, Solar System, Milky Way,
Multiverse</P></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>