From: Michael Wiik (mwiik@messagenet.com)
Date: Tue Apr 08 2003 - 07:55:16 MDT
dehede011@aol.com wrote:
> I read the article Samantha recommended. I found the following
> particularly interesting as I had never heard the term neo-con except on this
> list and by those of so-called liberal persuasion.
The term 'neocon' shows up in lewrockwell.com articles almost every
single day, and has for months. So, I gather you have not read any of
their articles opposed to the war. BTW lewrockwell is a libertarian
site. Neocons have been portrayed as basically communists, specifically
trotskyists, with their penchant for reshaping the world through war.
I find it difficult to believe that anyone interested in learning about
why the U.S. is going to war has only heard this term from liberals. It
seems more reasonable to think you are uninterested. I read all sorts of
viewpoints about this war and come across this term several times a day.
Michael S. Lorrey wrote:
> b) transhumanist technologies can only be safely developed if the
> nations of the world are all peaceful and democratic nations of free
> peoples. In a world of nanotech, AI, etc., low trust societies cannot
> be permitted to exist. All human beings must grow up and learn to
> rationally evaluate their own rational long term self interest. This
> can only occur in free, high-trust societies.
I totally agree with this. I do at times agree with Mike. It's just
unfortunate that the only way the current administration can see how to
accomplish this is through aggresive war. It may work, but it seems an
extremely risky strategy.
-Mike
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