Date sent: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 13:27:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian D Williams <talon57@well.com> To: extropians@extropy.org Subject: [GUNS] Why not have an EXI-GUNS list? Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
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> From: Mike Linksvayer <ml@justintime.com>
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> >How about something a little broader? If the goal is simply
> >to get flamefests off the list, a separate exi-politics list
> >could help. The problem isn't guns, it's the politics of
> >guns, and the politics of property, of race, etc.
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> >If the goal is to only get gun-related flamefests off the
> >list and perhaps engender some good discussion of other
> >defense technologies and strategies, exi-defense would
> >be a good candidate.
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> >In any case, I'm skeptical that creation of another list
> >will do much to get rid of flamefests on this list. There
> >are already many other places to discuss politics and guns.
> >However, both sides feel a need to address opposing
> >arguments wherever they appear. Someone will make
> >statements about guns on this list again, and the opposing
> >side will attempt to address those statements on this
> >list, lest some lurker get the wrong impression and think
> >there is no opposition. The only change will be that
> >pressure to stop will consist of "I'm sick of this, go to
> >the guns/politics list" rather than today's "I'm sick of
> >this, go someplace else".
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> Yes but the arguments would be removed from this list, which is
> what everyone seems to want.
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> For my part, if an EXI-GUNS list is created I will not post
> anything about guns here, as long as once warned any violator is
> expunged from the list.
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> I am not interested in discussing guns on this list at all, but
> will not allow the anti-gun meme to propagate unchecked. In other
> words I wouldn't be a member of the EXI-GUNS list.
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And my meme is not anti-gun, but anti-irresponsibles-with-guns;
your meme seems to be the Let-All-The Violent-Criminals-
Underage-And-Mentally-Incompetent-But-Guns-Freely meme,
which I shall NEVER cease opposing.
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> Brian
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