Re: The Green Party (was Re: SOC: Radical Anti-Genengineering)

From: Michael S. Lorrey (retroman@turbont.net)
Date: Mon Jul 10 2000 - 12:19:08 MDT


zeb haradon wrote:
>
> >From: "Zero Powers" <zero_powers@hotmail.com>
> >Reply-To: extropians@extropy.com
> >To: extropians@extropy.com
> >Subject: Re: The Green Party (was Re: SOC: Radical Anti-Genengineering)
> >Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 01:27:14 PDT
> >
> >>From: "Michael S. Lorrey" <retroman@turbont.net>
> >
> >>Ah, but we want anyone who would have otherwise voted for Gore to give a
> >>very
> >>serious consideration to the Green Party Platform. Really. Its principled
> >>stands
> >>on the issues are where Gore would be if he actually had the guts, and a
> >>real
> >>backbone instead of whatever he has up his butt, and how he would really
> >>feel
> >>about the issues if he actually had feelings instead of canned mediagenic
> >>programming...
> >
> >Which leads me to wonder where Dubya Bush would stand on the issues if *he*
> >had the guts to go with what he really feels. I see visions of George
> >Wallace...
> >
>
> Regarding a parody site of him, which he didn't like and tried to get taken
> down, he commented, "there ought to be limits to freedom".

Actually, it was due to his name being pirated in a domain name for a parody
site. I personally find the idea that anyone can expropriate your name, set up a
website as if they are you, and make all sorts of statements intended to do you
harm to be the epitome of slander and libel (which are not, BTW, protected by
free speech). Some moron in New Jersey is pulling a similar scheme in an attempt
to extort money from both Dem and GOP candidates up here in NH and Vermont.



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