From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Mon Mar 31 2003 - 17:52:42 MST
gts writes
> Greg Burch wrote:
>
> > In situations where people's views are well known and are also well
> > known to be deeply opposed to the views of some other posters, it does
> > no good to simply carry on with the same discussion. My request is
> > aimed at both supporters and opponents of the war, and both to those
> > unhappy with American foreign and military policy and those who
> > approve of it.
>
> In other words, you're requesting that extropians with strong feelings about
> the war should just shut up and stop debating the subject that matters most
> to them at this key moment in history.
For once, gts and I agree 8^D
I did appreciate some of Greg's original remarks in this discussion
http://www.extropy.org/exi-lists/extropians/0303/5424.html.
In it, he asked us (using CAPITAL LETTERS) to tone down the
rhetoric. ;-)
But that was fine. What did bother me was when he by his own
admission "butted in" to a discussion---a quite civil discussion
so far as I could see---where one poster was demanding that
another one answer a certain question.
Now I should confess that I have not been reading all the posts,
and am a day or two behind as it is. But I don't really think
that anything so untoward has occurred, or is occurring, that
officers of Extropy must start asking people not to respond to
certain questions!
gts goes on
> My friendly advice to you as your would-be political consultant (take it or
> leave it) is to let matters be. If you don't want to read the messages on
> the extropian discussion list during this time of war then by all means
> don't. It's your choice.
I really have wanted to start a discussion on how easy it is for
some people to just "skip" certain threads or posts. It varies
a lot from person to person for purely technical reasons alone,
I have reason to believe! But even so, I think that most of us
can avoid cat-fights when we see them coming---I know I certainly
do (not that the current wrangles are in this category---as I say,
I have not really kept up with everything lately).
> Your apparent attempt to be controlling is, in my would-be
> political consultant's view, despicable from an extropian
> perspective.
Gordon, I think that you are over-reacting.
> It could ultimately lead to your demise.
WHAT now? More threats?? I do so wish that everyone could just
state their opinions, respond to others' opinions in any way they'd
like, except stop trying to tell other people what to do. And
certainly, certainly never threaten or warn anyone! We've got
such a good thing going here---we should all just relax and enjoy.
Lee
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