FWD (forteana) Meet the 'transhumanists' behind the Pentagon terror casino

From: Terry W. Colvin (fortean1@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Aug 05 2003 - 08:20:07 MDT

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    < http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32170.html >

    Far, far too long to post here, but here are a couple of choice
    quotes:

    "'I am a 6 foot, 185 pound, 40 year-old, well-educated, married
    white male American, with two children. I have a wife Peggy, and
    sons Tommy and Andy,' announces Hanson on his personal home page.
    All well and good so far, although you might be wondering why we
    needed to know his exact weight. Or that he's white. Both those
    details, and the fact that he's 'well-educated' are pretty
    superfluous in Extropian circles, where the disciples are uniformly
    white and well educated. We're not sure if they all weigh 185
    pounds, but they're certainly very, very rich."

    [...]

    "Extropianism, we were told, expoused 'extremely advanced
    technology' and displayed 'dedicated, immovable optimism'. The hated
    gubberment got it particularly hard from these wealthy uberkinder,
    for whom the State was 'regarded as one of the major restrictive
    forces in the Milky Way galaxy.'"

    Long article, but well worth reading.
    Roy

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