RE: Media Bias

From: Damien Broderick (thespike@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Feb 14 2003 - 13:11:05 MST

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    Spudboy100@aol.com starts

    >Perhaps even cynical, liberal

    and then says with candid cynicism of his own:

    >Perhaps in a world where proliferation has become a watchword,
    >there needs to be a bully on the block to better ensure American safety?

    Mitch, you know that `bully' is a word used by victims to condemn such
    thugs.

    Bullies are people who use accidental advantages of size etc to coerce
    others into giving up what they will not willingly trade. Is this really
    your best self-description of those preparing for war against Iraq?

    More importantly, perhaps: I thought this was the extropian list, not the
    committee to better ensure American safety.

    It might be that doing the latter via state military force is by and large a
    prerequisite for the advancement of the extropian agenda, but that is not
    entirely obvious, especially given the large proportion of extropians who
    ardently dislike centralized authority, initiation of force, and so on.

    Damien Broderick
    [currently in America and not all that eager to see American safety
    compromised]



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