[extropy-chat] Putting God to Rest

[Olga Bourlin]

From: "Lee Corbin" <lcorbin at rawbw.com>
To: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>

> Listen, I think that it's perfectly all right for black people to tell 
> jokes about white people, and vice-versa, but only so long as none of the 
> "targets" are within listening range. Insults, derogatory remarks, and 
> even jokes put people into uncomfortable positions, where often they even 
> have to decide whether to be confrontational about the slights received. 
> Sensible and courteous folks simply
 DO NOT say such things in mixed audiences.

Mixed audiences?  What precisely is a mixed audience (or not)? (And, I say 
... HOW would you know whether you were in a "mixed" audience or not?)

 > For all the derogatory remarks I've made about either religious or 
political views, I must apologize to my targets insofar as they feel that 
they have been placed in such an uncomfortable position. Knowing now that 
some religious people are interested in transhumanist ideas and are even
 here participating in these discussions requires that I---and everybody 
else---adhere to decorum, and find ways of saying what is true without being 
insulting about it.

There's respecting someone's opinions ... and there's respecting a person's 
right to those opinions.  I personally have no compunction in telling 
someone (i.e., someone into superstition) that I don't have respect for 
their opinions - only their right to those views.

Olga