Re: META: Why I'm boycotting Extropy(TM)

From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Thu Sep 07 2000 - 08:39:47 MDT


From: QueeneMUSE@aol.com

>>talon57@well.com writes:
>>It might be a good idea to take some time off and get some rest.

>Rest all you want, or stay up all night - the issues are the same.

I was under the impression that the emotionally charged language
Paul was using was the result of stress.

I now know it was merely rhetoric.

>The two things I totally disagree with the most frequent posters
>about, and quite often (!) are 1) libertarian politics - which I
>regard as destructive, lacking in compassion, humanity and
>empathy, and 2) The deity of Ayn Rand (who seems unsocialized,
>maladjusted and quite possibly a pathological misanthrope).

I've read but otherwise have no interest in Rand. You may wish to
add questions about her to the survey I've suggested.

As for personnal beliefs, I am financially conservative, believe
that government is best which governs least, and what you and your
pet ostrich do in the privacy is your own home is your business,
not mine.

I also believe that since marriage is a civil institution not
merely a religious one, it is wrong to exclude members of the Gay
and Lesbian community.

Try squeezing that into a political party.

Brian

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