<div>Here's another spin on this: in the sixth paragraph you'll notice a Ron Fisher wrote that participating in the darfur genocide protest is a "socially responsible, good conscience thing to do". Feel Goodism. That is to say it makes me feel better-- 'look at me, I'm so decent I'll take time out from my day to go to a protest'. The protest is worthy but the motivation is mostly 'look at me, I'm so concerned, sympathetic & decent-- I deserve recognition, hope the press photographer snaps a picture of me'.</div> <div>And how about those that attend anti-globalization rallies, or attend protests against oil corporations, driving to the demonstrations in their gas-guzzlers? Americans have so little savoir faire, no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of Americans. Isn't taste to be considered extropian?<BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">>We have pretty much eschewed politics here, but if anyone has any ideas or >suggestions on how an extropian-minded person should look at this human tragedy I >would think it would be appropriate here. </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As long as we keep out of the tiring old >republicans this and democrats that, keep it as a high level world-as-participants >discussion, we are all ears.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV class=Section1> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
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