From: matus (matus@snet.net)
Date: Thu Apr 10 2003 - 10:42:44 MDT
I am in absolute shock and awe that no one felt the events of yesterday were
worthy of mention. Here the symbolic downfall of one of the worst murderous
dictators in the world took place, and people held under his oppresion
rejoiced and desicrated the stalinistic reminders of his murderous rule.
The events witnessed today were similiar in context to the destruction of
the Nazi headquarters in Berlin in WWII, and the fall of the Berlin Wall in
89. People viewint those events witnessed the downfall of facism, and
totalitarian communism, respectively. Yesterday we may have witnessed the
tipping point to the downfall of non-democratic oppression, the downfall of
the horrific statist imposed stagnation that has befallen the people of the
middle east for so many years. Today we saw liberation of some of the 20
million people, and the final steps are being taken to free the rest.
People who now have peaceful progressive futures open to them, people who
may be future Pastuers, Einstiens, Feynman's, Goddards, Sadats or Drexlers.
All free now.
The people were exhibiting pure joy, why no recognition of this salient
event in the history of the spreading of democracy and freedom throughout
the world?
Where is the joy at the spreading of freedom and democracy on this list, is
freedom and democracy not extropian, or are members of this list not
extropians?
What happened to the hundreds of thousands of civilian causalties, the
angered and embittered Iraqi people, who instead were joyous and
celibratory. How are those who opposed to this reconciling these images
with their opposition?
Are these events not extropic, or are members of this list not in favor of
celebrating extropic events?
Michael Dickey
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