Re: Ban on GUN posts RE: Greg Burch: Time to Act

Joe E. Dees (joedees@bellsouth.net)
Wed, 16 Jun 1999 18:50:08 -0500

Date sent:      	Wed, 16 Jun 1999 11:33:16 -0400
From:           	"Michael S. Lorrey" <mike@lorrey.com>
Organization:   	http://lorrey.com  http://artlocate.com
To:             	extropians@extropy.com
Subject:        	Re: Ban on GUN posts RE: Greg Burch: Time to Act
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> "O'Regan, Emlyn" wrote:
>
> > Excellent, yes, time to box some ears. I think that the following rule
> > should also be strictly followed:
> >
> > RULE - Entirely ignore all content in any posts refering to guns or even
> > mentioning GUN in the subject, which have been received since the beginning
> > of the moratorium, and unsubscribe their postors.
>
> Ah, the Holy War has begun. Inquisitors, sharpen your swords, and get ready to
> cut some tongues out. This is EXACTLY the behavior that anyone who claims to be
> extropic or an extropian (big or little E) should be opposed to at any cost. As
> said by some very wise men, freedom of speech is only really free if the most
> objectionable speech is protected, not just that which is acceptable to the
> norm.
>

But e-bludgeoning me into silent submission the moment I questioned your dogma was exactly what you and your minions tried to do, Mike, and you cared not whether you employed falsehoods, stigmatization and character assassination in order to accomplish same (but oh, how you howled mightily when you received a dose of your own mischaracterizing medicine - tis true that it is the bit dog which barks).
> >
> > Emlyn
> > (go directly to tumbolia, do not pass go, do not collect $200)
>
> Go directly to Aushwitz, do not avoid Kristallnacht, do not collect civil
> rights.
>
>
Hide your swastikas, Mike & Mark; there's been a changing of the guard. The Jews will not be beaten any more.
> --
> TANSTAAFL!!!
>
> Michael S. Lorrey
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