RE: weapons of mass panic

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Date: Fri Feb 28 2003 - 01:23:58 MST

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    Spike,

    Thanks for the reply.
    One very unfortunate thing is that I live in downtown San Francisco! I
    love living here too. It really is a unique wonderful place. When I go
    many other places, I enjoy the nature, but as Dorothy said there just
    ainn't no place like home. SF brings _together_ many people who think
    like I do. Sure I can find them on the Internet, but in the boonies
    "thars alotta rednecks"

    :-)
    Erik

    -----Original Message-----
    From: owner-extropians@extropy.org [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]
    On Behalf Of spike66
    Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:28 PM
    To: extropians@extropy.org
    Subject: Re: weapons of mass panic

    lists@thecri.org wrote:
    > Another thought on this topic, and referencing Spike
    >
    > (By the way, I have been lurking here for a few months, great
    > discussions!)

    Welcome aboard Erik. {8-]

    Regarding that Nova Tuesday night, I am sure a lot
    of law enforcement agencies were groaning. But another organization
    that must be beside themselves is the green movement. It is becoming
    ever clearer to me that our cities have become too tempting a target for
    terrorists and extremists, and that soon humans will scatter. The
    earth-firsters must really hate terrorists.

    The internet has come along just in time, for we
    can get most of what the city has to offer, without
    actually having to live in one. We can develop
    software as a team without the participants ever
    having to meet in the flesh. Partially evacuating
    the cities need not slow our march toward the
    singularity. In the long run, many may actually
    enjoy better living conditions if we scatter like
    dust in the wind.

    The wildlife will not fare so well. But I suppose
    terrorists and extremists do not take that into
    consideration.

    spike



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