Re: flame wars

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jul 16 2003 - 21:14:29 MDT

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    --- Natasha Vita-More <natasha@natasha.cc> wrote:
    > At 05:09 PM 7/16/03 -0700, Mike Lorry wrote:
    >
    > >This all exactly what ExI AIN'T done, and as far as I can see, WON'T
    > >do. It's too bad, cause this inaction by ExI is highly unextropic.
    > >If the luddites win, it will be entirely ExI's fault.
    >
    > ExI is not an activist organization. If you ever participated in
    > some of the work that occurs at ExI central, you might have a better
    > understanding of who is doing what. I think that perhaps your best
    > work and interest lies in the political organization you mentioned
    > in your post, and I wish you much success there.
    >
    > Frankly, I find your comments angry, backward and unproductive.

    Firstly, you founded Pro-Act to act as an activist organization, but
    you formed it only after *I* started getting positive response from
    members about my arguments for the need to counter the luddites. You
    snookered everybody, because you simply used Pro-Act to deflect
    attention and defuse my attempts to mobilize the extropian community,
    making people think that ExI was actually going to do something about
    the luddites. Since then, Pro-Act has been stillborn.

    Nor have you or anybody else in ExI invited me to be involved in "ExI
    central". If my comments sound angry, it is because I am, and my anger
    is not unfounded. You asked for it.

    I am involved in the Free State Project ONLY because it seems to be the
    ONLY extropic project around that seems to actually be intent on
    actually accomplishing anything. I can guarantee you that in the Free
    State, the luddites won't get any traction whatsoever.

    =====
    Mike Lorrey
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