Re: Orlowski: Your hate piece on Robin Hanson

From: randy (cryofan@mylinuxisp.com)
Date: Thu Aug 07 2003 - 20:54:14 MDT

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    On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 19:30:36 -0700 (PDT), you wrote

    >
    >--- Randy S <cryofan@mylinuxisp.com> wrote:
    >> Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@yahoo.com> said:
    >> >
    >> > Excellent. If possible, could all list members doing so respond
    >> that
    >> > they are doing so and to what papers and politicians? Thanks.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> Sure, I will be glad to tell you what I am doing about the Orlowski
    >> article:
    >> I am doing diddlysquat, to be precise. It was a slam piece, just
    >> someone's opinion. Apparently it was not all that untruthful.
    >> What I don't understand is why so many people think they can pass
    >> judgment on this terror futures idea (pro or con) within just a few
    >> minutes of reading a news article. I think you would need to make a
    >> prolonged and detailed study of the idea in order to really
    >> understand it.
    >
    >If you think I came to a conclusion about PAM or Robin based on
    >Orlowski's slam, you are extremely deluded.
    >

    I was not referring to you or to members of this list, necessarily.
    Just talking about the general public and news pundits and their
    willingness to assume that they could divine all there is to know
    about terrorism futures through a brief reading of a news article or
    two....

    >Once more, another typical list response, doing nothing. So highly
    >friggin extropic of you.

    De nada.

    >I propose this list be renamed the entropians list.

    OK. Let's take a vote!

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    -Randy



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