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face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><STRONG>From:</STRONG>
extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org
[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>John
Grigg<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ExI] Online social
groups.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2>Spike wrote:<BR>><SPAN
class=609125019-14112008>></SPAN>Certainly in the<SPAN
class=609125019-14112008> </SPAN>old days (mid 90s) we took on a lot more heavy
topics.<BR><BR><SPAN class=609125019-14112008>></SPAN>Ahhh...., the whispered
about age when giants bestrode the Extropian list, that was a vast five years or
so before I joined in '99.<SPAN class=609125019-14112008>..</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=609125019-14112008><FONT
size=2>Bestrode. I like that word. Isn't clear how to handle the
tense. I have bestrodden this list before and intend to bestride it in the
future, for I immodestly consider myself one of the
best-</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=609125019-14112008><FONT
size=2>riders present. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=609125019-14112008>></SPAN>Spike, do you know of people who have
archived the list from those days and could share some of the more impressive
threads?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=609125019-14112008><FONT size=2>Web geeks, can you answer this
please?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><BR><FONT size=2><SPAN class=609125019-14112008>>
</SPAN>What were some of the heavy topics that your remember?
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=609125019-14112008><FONT size=2>Politics and
war.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2><SPAN class=609125019-14112008>>
</SPAN>And what were some of the conclusions reached (if any)?<SPAN
class=609125019-14112008> </SPAN>John : )</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=609125019-14112008><FONT size=2>None ever, other than
reinforcing the utter futility of discussing politics and war in this
forum.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=609125019-14112008><FONT size=2>spike</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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