[extropy-chat] The next steps for individuals

[Emlyn]

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 20:44:21 -0800 (PST), Al Brooks <kerry_prez at yahoo.com> wrote:
> It's not so bad in America, as a wise poster just
> wrote "we in the West don't realise how good we have
> it". I live in the Midwest and don't like the culture
> at all, Midwestern Monster Mix, it is called: Jesus,
> booze, bowling for Columbine, beer, Choir practice. 23
> skidoo.
> But they look at me and are sickened too; life
> extension, music, trendology- all that pointyheaded
> intolech shoe-L stuff. I think my 'stuff' is superior,
> they think there's is.
> It's moving so slow but the years are going so fast.
> 
> > What about the Midwest and the South? It would seem
> > to me that the
> > problem is a lot closer to home. Its clear that the
> > insane Christian
> > meme that we have been politely ignoring for years
> > has come home to
> > roost. It was ignorable as long as it was not able
> > to control the
> > strings of government too tightly, but there are now
> > enough
> > fundamentalist christians to control the fate of the
> > only remaining
> > superpower.
> >
> > http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/08/15/nyt.kristof/
> >
> > I live in a small East German town. Just down the
> > street I have a bunch
> > of Texan Baptist missionaries who have opened up a
> > cafe to lure and
> > convert secular communists. These guys are really
> > well organized and
> > funded. Not only that I constantly bump into Mormons
> > from Utah on the
> > tram. How many Extropians do you find in Texas
> > trying to spread the
> > word?

As far as extros go, Texas is relatively packed out with them. You
know who you are, Texas extros!
-- 
Emlyn

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