<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">spike - <span style="font-size:19.2px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Regarding posts with political content: whether we like it or not, Americans must face the persistent consequences of what happened in 2015 and 2016. I agree this is not a proper forum for that. But that discussion is likely to continue for a generation and beyond.</span></div><span class="gmail-HOEnZb" style="font-size:19.2px"><font color="#888888"><p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><u></u></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">-----</div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">This chat group appears almost dead sometimes and even at its busiest is not overflowing my in box. I think that anything ought to be allowed here - jokes, family news, anything. If people get tired of it, then let the writer know in certain terms - don't put it all on Spike. So I say we all moderate this. Nobody except John has given evidence of reading a book I have posted about, but no one seems to have objected to that content either.</div><p></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Over a year ago maybe we overdid it on politics, and lost a few people who weren't contributing much anyway. Good riddance.</span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"> At least people were thinking about an important topic.</div></font></span><font color="#888888"><br><p></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">So, Spike, I disagree - this is a proper for forum for anything that doesn't bring everyone down on him</span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"> (like we did John, and he backed off)</div>. Or her.<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"> You have no reason to apologize to anyone. </div><p></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">bill w</div><br><p></p></font></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 8:48 AM, 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="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_1308361288202660211WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> 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>Will Steinberg<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 16, 2017 1:10 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>><span class=""><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Forbidden Words<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Spike,<u></u><u></u></p><div><div class="h5"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">>…Regardless of any value judgment on Hillary Clinton's scruples or corruption (for what it's worth, I think she is indeed corrupt and did indeed do much of the bad stuff she has been accused of,) could I kindly ask:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">>…What the fuck does Hillary Clinton's treatment of classified files have to do with the topic of this email?<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">>…You're a proponent of logic, I assume? <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal">>…Try to use it...not to be critical but, can we keep away from the non-sequiturs? Isn't that the kind of thing JKC bugged us all with during the election? Unless you're making some kind of oblique joke at John. Not sure.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Will,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Criticism noted and deserved, my apologies.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">But not for non-sequiturs. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">A marvelous feature of Exi-Chat is the chaotic formation of ideas that occurs here, often based on misunderstandings of the original intent of the author. Recently Jeff Davis and I coinvented a concept for an aerospace system based on my misunderstanding of an idea he posted. A misunderstanding of an idea about prime numbers, posted to this forum in 1998 led to a non-sequitur and a second misunderstanding by Hal Finney, which may have led to… BitCoin. BitCoin resulted in Jeff Davis’ recent good fortune, which empowered him to propose to me a crazy notion, which led to our co-invention of this system.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The whole thing reminds me of that excellent James Burke TV series Connections.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I see the freeform unrestrained and mostly unmoderated nature of ExI-chat as the source of its rich weirdness and enduring strength.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Regarding posts with political content: whether we like it or not, Americans must face the persistent consequences of what happened in 2015 and 2016. I agree this is not a proper forum for that. But that discussion is likely to continue for a generation and beyond.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">spike<u></u><u></u></p></font></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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