"to be or not to be ?" (was Re: META: ExI dues; list quality)

Prof. Gomes (profgomes@geocities.com)
Thu, 4 Dec 1997 13:20:01 -0300


At 21:52 03/12/97 -0800, you wrote:

>Max More wrote:
>> At 12:20 AM 12/3/97 -0800, J. Pedro wrote:
>> >I know this is going to make a lot of persons happy, but I'm quitting if
>> >that's the case. A mailing-list whose purpose is to spread information
>> >and ideas
>>
>> Whoa! That is not and never has been the List's purpose. The list was
>> created as a "safe haven" (founder Perry Metzger's words) for discussion
>> amongst Extropians without having to pander to the differently-opinioned.
>...........................^.........

So, why do not you ask who doesn't consider him/herself an extropian ????
Ask too why he/she is in the list without considering him/herself an
extropian ...

I suppose you're forcing people to decide in a hurry "to be or not no be",
since you want: Extropian <=> ExI member ...

Gomes.