Re: Yeah, guns and guns and guns and guns

Lee Daniel Crocker (lcrocker@mercury.colossus.net)
Fri, 28 May 1999 15:55:59 -0700 (PDT)

> No. I've been deleting everything. I think that at this point we
> should Ban the following topics, except for brief announcements of bad laws.
>
> 1. Guns.
> 2. Politics.
>
> Extropianism is about ultratechnology, whether the Principles say so or
> not - just as science fiction is about advanced technology. We need to
> crack down decisively on those topics that aren't about technology at all.

Life without politics isn't possible. Politics will dictate which technologies will be deveoped and what we will be able to do with them. Those who abdicate their responsibility to engage in politics will find themselves at the mercy of those who do not. Fortunately, some of us are on the side of the future. 

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