From: "Alex F. Bokov" <alexboko@umich.edu>
> Maybe, but I doubt it will ever convince anybody who doesn't already
> think reparations are silly. Therefore, not memetically effective.
Tragically, you're probably right.
> The essay was racist, by the way, because it insinuated that African
> Americans steal bicycles,
It recounted the author's experience (an exercise known to be racist by all
objective observers, obviously). Sensible readers would not conclude that
African Americans do _not_ steal bicycles would they? (Well, they might, if
they hit their foreheads hard with a mallet.)
> where in fact everybody knows it's the Irish
> who steal bicycles.
Indeed! The Irish are the worst of all bicycle thieves, as well as the most
egregious racists. ©¿©¬
> African Americans specialize in stereo equipment.
> Russians specialize in software piracy and trolling mailing
> lists. This Reed guy should have gotten his facts straight before
> going off on his rant.
That is for sure. I will email him immediately to inform him that we all await
an apology, recanting this extremist statements, and making reparations to Al
Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Johnny Cochran, et al.
> Finally, as far as accusations of racism go, you're not the one who
> should be worried. The ones who should be worried are the legitimate
> victims of discrimination, because every time somebody cries wolf,
> it dilutes the credibility of valid accusations. Squandering the
> heavy memetic firepower over the slightest provokation is a major
> weakness of the Left Wing, as is tarring all their adversaries with
> the same brush.
"Left Wing"? Oh, you mean those socialist racists. I get it.
©¿©¬
Stay hungry,
--J. R.
Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, and ego.
Everything that can happen has already happened, not just once,
but an infinite number of times, and will continue to do so forever.
(Everything that can happen = more than anyone can imagine.)
We won't move into a better future until we debunk religiosity, the most
regressive force now operating in society.
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