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<DIV>Just look at how much our technology, weapons and vices helped the Aborijines, American Indians, and</DIV>
<DIV>South American indian tribes. We destroyed their cultures and natural environments entirely. And to say that we would not let this happen today denies recent history, our historical track record, and our basic human natures based on greed and manpulation.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I agree. And I even say that we'd have the obligation to help if we were able to. The prime directive is BS.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 25, 2006 7:45 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [extropy-chat] Prime Directive</DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Henrique,</DIV>
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<DIV>I just don't really agree with the philosophy behind the fictional Prime Directive. I agree with what Brian Atkins wrote on the subject. "We" are constantly using (or at least attempting to use) our growing technology and knowledge to help millions of suffering people (and even a couple animal species) around the globe today. And I think that the majority of people on and off this list are in full support of that end-goal. Assuming a desire to be kind and having the resources available, it just seems inconsistent to me to arbitrarily refuse to help/uplift an extra-solar civilization based on the criterion that they are located 150 light-years away instead of 10,000 Kilometers away (for example a third-world country on our own planet's surface).</DIV>
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<DIV>Best Wishes,</DIV>
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<DIV>Jeffrey Herrlich <BR><BR><B><I>"Henrique Moraes Machado (oplnk)" <hemm@openlink.com.br></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: A B<BR>To: ExI chat list<BR>Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 2:14 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] The Drake Equation and Spatial Proximity<BR><BR>(...)<BR>Personally, I generally don't agree with the Prime Directive as it has been <BR>portrayed in ST. ;-)<BR>(...)<BR><BR>Can you elaborate on that?<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>extropy-chat mailing list<BR>extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org<BR>http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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