Did anyone notice that my original post was a little joke about paradoxes? How humiliating to have to explain...
Emlyn the unfunny
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> From: Michael S. Lorrey[SMTP:mike@lorrey.com]
> Reply To: extropians@extropy.com
> Sent: Thursday, 17 June 1999 1:33
> To: extropians@extropy.com
> Subject: Re: Ban on GUN posts RE: Greg Burch: Time to Act
>
> "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.
>
> >
> >
> > 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.
>
>
> --
> TANSTAAFL!!!
>
> Michael S. Lorrey
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