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