On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Technotranscendence wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 14, 2000 6:23 PM Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
> sentience@pobox.com wrote:
> > http://www.theonion.com/
<snip>
> > It really puts all the complaints into perspective, doesn't it?
>
> No. It does not. I'm _not_ complaining, but this is only parody -- i.e.,
> fiction. So, those who are complaining probably have real gripes. Imagined
> worse situations often do not impinge on real problems. I mean, if you had
> terminal cancer, would reading a story in _The Onion_ make your cancer go
> away or put it into perspective?
Yes, people have realy complaint, but the point that I think Eliezer is
making is that there are *many* countries in the world where this parody
would not be a parody, but real life.
And that *does* give a little perspective.
steve vs
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