From: Bryan Moss (bryan.moss@dsl.pipex.com)
Date: Tue Jul 22 2003 - 09:06:50 MDT
Damien Broderick wrote:
> As one of the few who instantly shouted angrily at Robert's even-handed,
> open-minded, Strangelovian discussion of the usefulness of nuclear
> genocide, I probably also need to clarify my stated enthusiasm for Bryan
> Moss's meditation. I called his views adult and worthwhile, despite having
> some reservations. Those with long memories might have wondered at this,
> since Mr Moss has previously presented us with opinions not entirely
> different from Robert's post. For example, I still recall squirming in
> revulsion at these posts of his from 1999:
>
> [embarrassing quotes]
>
> Black jokes? A provocation? Probably just another extropian ubermensch
> feeling his oats.
Humour, just not in any traditional sense of the word.
For the record, the quote Robert and Rafal responded to was also humour,
inasmuch as that it amuses me (somewhat) to make arrogant statements in a
post about cultivating a sense of humility.
BM
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