[ExI] This would almost qualify as hilarious ... if only it weren't true

[spike]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org [mailto:extropy-chat-
> bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 11:24 PM
> To: ExI chat list
> Subject: Re: [ExI] This would almost qualify as hilarious ... if only it
> weren't true
> 
> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
> > I'd much, much, much rather get hit with
> > a gay bomb than a real bomb.
> 
> I guess what I'm trying to say is:
> "I'd rather be butch than butchered"
>   or
> "Better Ted than dead."
> 
> I realize that this is a divisive issue, but we shouldn't let our
> tribadistic impulses bisext us.  While it's easy enough to make this
> new weapon the butt of jokes, whoever possesses it is likely to come
> out on top.  And wouldn't the enemy prefer being blown to blown up?
> The rejection of this project was a dark day in the anals of orgynized
> warfare.
> 
> --
> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/


Agreed, sir!  I rebutt the argument that this weapon is ass-
inine.  This is a technological development that could lead to
piece.

spike