[extropy-chat] BM's comments

Samantha Atkins samantha at objectent.com
Wed Jun 30 05:19:45 UTC 2004


I disagree with just ignoring such things, especially when said by 
someone in a position of some authority.  For a fuller treatment of why 
I disagree I defer to Eliezer's very fine explanation of why just 
ignoring it isn't enough.

- s

On Jun 29, 2004, at 1:51 AM, Emlyn ORegan wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:45:13 +0200, Giu1i0 Pri5c0 <pgptag at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>>
>> Matter of fact, I agree with your assessment of the post that started
>> this thread (vile and monstrous suggestions). But I still don't like
>> censorship unless in very, very extreme cases. Also, I think the best
>> way to express your complete disagreement with some ideas is to ignore
>> them.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 00:56:44 -0700, Samantha Atkins
>> <samantha at objectent.com> wrote:
>>
>>> If you don't like people responding honestly to what they see as vile
>>> and monstrous suggestions then please take your own advice and ignore
>>> their responses.
>>>
>>> -s
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>
> I think the best thing with Robert's recent threads is to post a
> message saying "I don't support these statements", and leave it at
> that. Go on record as against them, then don't engage further.
>
> -- 
> Emlyn
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