Re: RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR NEWSGROUP

Russell Whitaker (whitaker@extropia.corp.sgi.com)
Tue, 27 Aug 1996 13:35:56 -0700


On Aug 26, 3:09am, Chris Hind wrote this (quoted with ">"):
> Subject: Re: RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR NEWSGROUP
> At 10:55 8/26/96 -0700, you wrote:
> >On Aug 23, 9:00am, Chris Hind wrote this (quoted with ">"):
> >> Subject: Re: RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR NEWSGROUP
> >> Max, I would be *ESPECIALLY* grateful if you spared a little time to post
> >> one of your excellent messages to the newsgroup to help stir up the
> >> conversation. Or perhaps you could convince Wade Cherrington to post!
> >>-- End of quoted excerpt from Chris Hind
> >
> >Why not write Wade Cherrington yourself and ask? Max is no
> >"central extropian authority". If you can convince Wade with
> >the authority of your own argument, I'm sure he'll post.
>
> Why are you taking such offense? I'm asking politely. I only aimed my
> message to Max because he is our public spokesperson/representative where
> the mass media is concerned.

No, he's not. He's one of a number of people with opinions, often
called upon to express them. A number of us have done that.

> Every group MUST have a leader to inspire the
> mindless lemmingish masses.

I can't believe you really mean that.

> That is until people become more educated via
> technology.

How?

> In the eyes of the public as yet, Max is the "central extropian
> authority".

No, he isn't.

> Ok, Fine I'll ask Wade myself but mainly because I REALLY want
> him to post and also because Max is SOOO busy which I later realized. The
> reason I asked Max to tell him to post is because I believe Max could help
> inspire him because he enjoys Wade's posts so much.
>-- End of quoted excerpt from Chris Hind

A number of us enjoyed Wade's post. Again, why not ask him yourself?

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