[extropy-chat] Glad to be back

[david stiger]

I have been very ill for the past few days, and without internet access, so 
I am very pleased to have read my email and discovered that I am still a 
part of this group, which I do so respect.  In response to the 
Avantguardian's reply to my last post, I would like to clarify something.  
It was not the criticism of my idea's which was hindering my desire to keep 
posting etc.  It was the fear of being removed from the ExIlist for having 
expressed them.

I find this list mentally invigorating and quite possibly the greatest 
cerebral excercise I have ever encountered.  It is for that reason that I 
was afraid to post things that would warrant my expulsion.  Now that I am a 
little clearer on the parameters necessary for removal from the list, I will 
continue to post, but I will try to make sure that I structure my arguments 
soundly and with factual information.  And just so some of you (i.e. Eugen 
Lietl) don't cringe when you read this, I do not plan to post anymore 
KonspiracyKooks/Forteana worthy materials on the list.  I will try to keep 
it on-topic and reality based, although I do in fact believe my original 
post to have been as such.

Thanks to Matus for the suggested reading and the support.  I will be sure 
to pick both of those books up in short order.

Thanks to Gary Miller for this reply.  The responses I recieved have not 
shaken my ideas and I am glad to know I am not the only one of us who thinks 
that there is something sinister going on "behind the scenes" in the 
politics of the United States.

<Avantguardian>
For example, why would you need to think that Bush was a member of some
secret society in order to cause all the misery he has?
<Gary Miller>
It is more comforting for me to believe in an evil club creating a puppet 
than a
country that would select him of their free will!


David Stiger

"Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The 
mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow 
blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his 
opinions courageously and honestly."  -Einstein