<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<p>Now, my view is that what makes for a great evil laugh is that it
expresses the joyful feeling of power. It should be pure Will to
Power made manifest. Yes, a sneaky laugh followed by steepled
fingers and "excellent..." is enjoyable, but it is inhibited, not
reveling in bending the world to one's will. Great evil laughter
is a whole body experience, where every cell is shouting with
triumph. <br>
</p>
<p>This is of course why it is regarded as evil by life-denying
philosophies that find pride and hubris evil. <br>
</p>
<p>There is also cruel laughter, stimulated by the misfortune or
suffering of somebody else. But that makes the laugher's mirth
depend on somebody else, who could cut it short just by stopping
suffering (being a mental state it may well be in their power to
do so). The proper evil laugh is independent of external
circumstances: yes, maybe those meddling kids sabotaged the plan
and the secret hideout is collapsing around you, but you can still
laugh about the glorious destruction around you!</p>
<p>Muhahahhahaha!!! Next time! NEXT TIME!<br>
</p>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2016-08-25 17:21, spike wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote cite="mid:01ce01d1feec$bd5a6550$380f2ff0$@att.net"
type="cite">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=windows-1252">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered
medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0
{mso-style-name:msonormal;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
span.hoenzb
{mso-style-name:hoenzb;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
extropy-chat [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org">mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>William Flynn Wallace<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 25, 2016 8:04 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ExI chat list
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org"><extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] voting machines again was: RE:
Trump's lies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Hacking
a voting machine is a crime. Which party would be
favored by criminals?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#888888"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#888888">spike<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">>…<span
style="color:#222222"> Do you mean the criminals in
the Republican or Democratic party?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">):)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Both.
Notice that neither of those parties have done much to
drive change. They apparently wish to continue the
current locked duopoly on power indefinitely. If you
need more digits of precision on that answer, look for
which party is more favorable to ballot box
accountability, and which is more resistant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">>…<span
style="color:#222222">bill w (right - I do not know
how to do an icon - I tried for evil smile)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ja,
icons are not that good for expressing evil mirth. I have
long struggled to express that sentiment graphically. We
have<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">}8-]
and }8-) which are better than nothing, but it falls so
far short of the brilliant evil smirk by the Grinch when
he hatched the plot to raid Whoville:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.google.com/search?q=grinch+evil+smile&biw=930&bih=649&tbm=isch&imgil=J-3N09UuF24pfM%253A%253BsU7mlRQ0KcBrLM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fevil.wikia.com%25252Fwiki%25252FEvil_Grin&source=iu&pf=m&fir=J-3N09UuF24pfM%253A%252CsU7mlRQ0KcBrLM%252C_&usg=__jDjObxCFqD_hD6knkRlIG-mK16A%3D&ved=0ahUKEwiT-eau9tzOAhVJlR4KHRgSAe4QyjcIJQ&ei=dBS_V5PvCsmqepikhPAO#imgrc=J-3N09UuF24pfM%3A">https://www.google.com/search?q=grinch+evil+smile&biw=930&bih=649&tbm=isch&imgil=J-3N09UuF24pfM%253A%253BsU7mlRQ0KcBrLM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fevil.wikia.com%25252Fwiki%25252FEvil_Grin&source=iu&pf=m&fir=J-3N09UuF24pfM%253A%252CsU7mlRQ0KcBrLM%252C_&usg=__jDjObxCFqD_hD6knkRlIG-mK16A%3D&ved=0ahUKEwiT-eau9tzOAhVJlR4KHRgSAe4QyjcIJQ&ei=dBS_V5PvCsmqepikhPAO#imgrc=J-3N09UuF24pfM%3A</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">THAT’s
evil!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In
email, most of the time I fall back on text-ized sound
effects, such as muwaahahahahahaaa or buwaahahahahaha, but
there is no standardized spelling for an evil laugh (even
on Evil-Wiki (I never knew such a thing existed until
today)) nor does either spelling look all that much like
the one usually credited with the original evil laugh,
Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein in the original 1931
version. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">However…
if you view that original, you note several things lost on
modern audiences. For starters, Dr. Henry Frankenstein
wasn’t actually evil at all, merely drunk on power. These
are similar in some ways, but are two distinct things:
power drunkenness is far more dangerous than mere evil.
For that matter, Frankenstein’s assistant Igor wasn’t
actually evil either, just grossly incompetent. He didn’t
mean to bring back the wrong brain and couldn’t help his
posture.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Also
lost on modern audiences: Hank Frankenstein not only
wasn’t really evil, he was one hellllll of a doctor. This
guy, working alone (or rather with only one physically
challenged assistant) sewed together body parts and made a
living human! And never does he actually utter the
comment “Buwaahaaahahaa…” He exclaims in uncontained
elation “It’s alive! It’s alive!” etc, but never
Bwaahaaahaaa. Well hell, who wouldn’t? If I could do
that, I would be far less self-controlled than Hank
Frankenstein. We would be shrieking for Igor to go find
the phone number for the Nobel Prize committee and see if
any of the local mortuaries are up for sale, that kinda
thing. Dr. Frankenstein was the good guy!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">OK
so he was (understandably) power drunk, and so he had to
dig up corpses to do that bit of creative magic, but hell,
if a doctor could really do all that, I would donate any
part or parts of my corpse he wanted (below the neck.) On
second thought, retract, I would donate my corpse above
the neck. Here ya go, Doc, use this brain, where do I
sign? Give it… that guy’s arms, that guy’s legs, that
guy’s… uh…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All
this brings up a rather fundamental question: If Henry
Frankenstein was such a terrific doctor, creating a living
human from parts of corpses, why the hell couldn’t he do
something, anything, for Igor’s painfully misshapen back?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BillW,
voting machines are a very painful topic for me. A bit of
technology mirth is a welcome thing. We hafta laugh,
otherwise we weep.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">spike<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset>
<br>
<pre wrap="">_______________________________________________
extropy-chat mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat">http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Dr Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University</pre>
</body>
</html>