<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Spike: I don't believe I've ever seen a Jeeves and Wooster episode -- although now I'm going to have to add it to my list. However, I think Stephen Fry is a brilliant, deeply-educated comedian. His series with Hugh Laurie is excellent (mostly). Coincidentally, I recently came across Fry's superb contribution to a debate on whether or not the Catholic Church has been a net good. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SJ6AV31MxA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SJ6AV31MxA</a></font><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">This is one of the most brilliant, informed, pointed-yet-balanced debate pieces that I've heard. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Christopher Hitchens also debates. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">--Max</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 3:05 PM, spike <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net" target="_blank">spike66@att.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_-8149846381479107306WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><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 [mailto:<a href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat-bounces@<wbr>lists.extropy.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>spike<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 10, 2017 1:51 PM<span class=""><br><b>To:</b> 'ExI chat list' <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.<wbr>org</a>><br></span><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Blasphemy<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><span class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></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 href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@<wbr>lists.extropy.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Clark<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 10, 2017 1:11 PM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.<wbr>org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [ExI] Blasphemy<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></span><div><div><span class=""><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">>>…Actor ​Stephen Fry was investigated for blasphemy by Irish police because when asked <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">what he would say if he was confronted by God Fry replied:..<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">>…Stephen Fry could never be confronted by God, because he is God.  If you ever get a chance to view him and Hugh Laurie in the excellent Jeeves and Wooster, one scarcely stops laughing the whole time… spike<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNorm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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B9y0ZomMMmaTelJOQkJ6dmZyZ3M&revid=0B9y0ZomMMmaTa1NFNHMxT1dxejBMd2NqYkJsaDVzd3NrcDQ4PQ" width="200" height="50"><br></div><div>Max More, PhD</div><div>Strategic Philosopher</div><div>Co-editor, <i>The Transhumanist Reader</i></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Transhumanist-Reader-Contemporary-Technology-Philosophy/dp/1118334310/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372225570&sr=1-1&keywords=the+transhumanist+reader" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Transhumanist-Reader-Contemporary-Technology-Philosophy/dp/1118334310/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372225570&sr=1-1&keywords=the+transhumanist+reader</a><br>President & CEO, Alcor Life Extension Foundation</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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