[ExI] request to tone down politics, was: RE: Wise...

spike spike66 at att.net
Sat Jun 4 13:58:44 UTC 2016


 

 

From: extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Will Steinberg
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Subject: Re: [ExI] request to tone down politics, was: RE: Wise...

 

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 3:10 AM, Anders <anders at aleph.se <mailto:anders at aleph.se> > wrote:

That makes sense. The current hammering has been a rather strong disincentive for me to participate: it crowds out extropian themes. 

 

>…Well, the only reason we can talk about H+ is because of biological and civil stability.  In the absence of that, we might better spend our time discussing how to dose iodine or clean a gun (sorry I know the g-word is touchy here.  Both g-words actually.)

 

 

The g-word is always touchy, but last several times it has come up here, people have treated it with the requisite care and respect.  The current moderator considers it fair game.

 

We saw yesterday the comment that the US government can do whatever it wants.  I disagree.  US government must follow the Constitution.  Without that amendment, we wouldn’t have the other nine.

 

spike

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