From: Jonathan Standley (standley@rcn.com)
Date: Fri Jan 03 2003 - 13:26:14 MST
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From: Spudboy100@aol.com
To: extropians@extropy.org
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: Memes.org: Transhumanism: The New Master Race?
<<Yes, but transhumanists aren't always extropians.
Olga>>
"He betrayed you, he betrayed me, he betrayed the aryan race!" -Mengele
-from The Boys from Brazil by William Goldman
My guess is that whether you label someone transhumanist, or extropian, or 27th degree mason; some kluxers will always attempt to highjack said movement. This is true even if they have nothing essentially to do with any futuristic philopsophy. I also disagree with Anders Sandburg (stated in another post) that transhumanism is a religion. Its an ideology, perhaps, but it doesn't seem to be a religion. Got rituals? :-)
That can be arranged for :)
I was thinking about the idea of new holidays, here's one that came to mind:
Tux Day: On this day, a celebration of cooperative spirit, you give coworkers, acquaintances, etc. small stuffed penguins. Don't tell them why though, just say its because it's tux day. Mark tux day on your office's calendar.
watch how after a couple years, people start giving each other penguins w/out even knowing what tux day stands for...
I know, its dumb, but it's supposed to be
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