[ExI] Is the ExI email list slowly dying out? And if so, what can be done to reverse such an outcome?

Dan TheBookMan danust2012 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 20 18:21:42 UTC 2020


On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 6:05 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>  So, perhaps we can elevator-ize rap by removing the vocals, ja?  I would be OK with that.
> spike
>
> Among your ancestors was there a guy named Bowdler?  You would make
> elevator music out of protest songs?  I detest the words too but you are
> making them irrelevant.  The songs are not about the melodies, I think,
> but the words.  Would you put fig leaves on statues' genitals.?
>
> In any case, I can't abide censorship in any form other than what is stated
> in Amendment One.  Has to advocate overthrow of the government by force.
> bill w

Censorship would be outlawing the songs, no? I don't think Spike is
advocating that. Do you?

And I would distinguish between censorship and socially
appropriateness. The latter means what people generally approve or
approve in a given social context. It's not coercive per se. The
former is coercive per se.

Regards,

Dan
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