From: Brett Paatsch (paatschb@optusnet.com.au)
Date: Mon Jun 09 2003 - 01:00:56 MDT
matus@matus1976.com writes in response to Damien:
> > But the general point seems to me this: there is a moral
> > asymmetry between one's standpoint on
> >
> > (a) issues where one's democratic representatives and
> > their affiliates are making decisions on one's behalf,
> >
> > and (not-a) choices made by people outside one's
> > sphere of influence.
> >
> > If your deputy is acting in a way you regard as
> > deplorable, it's up to you to speak out. If someone over
> > in the next town or nation is doing so, you might take a
> > keen interest, but you generally have a lesser moral
> > responsibility to speak out.
>
> Absurd, this is the kind of twisted ethics prevalent on the
> extropy board that alienates me.
I am not on the extropian board. But this sort of assertion on
a forum that exists because some people including those who
*are* on the extropian board take the time and trouble to
make it exist is grossly unfair.
Please substantiate your comment in relation to *the board*
or have the decency to retract it and apologise.
- Brett Paatsch
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