From: Damien Broderick (damienb@unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Mon Aug 11 2003 - 00:16:23 MDT
At 10:49 PM 8/10/03 -0700, Natasha wrote:
>>label "Extropian" makes people immediately think it's some kind of
>>californian cult (which are after all quite famous around the world), and
>>when you say "Well, it is from California, but it's not a cult, really",
>>people begin nodding slowly backing away, making no sudden movements, you
>>know the drill.
>Not just California type of group, but any local.
The alleged sophomoric `extropian handshake' gag (it *was* a gag, wasn't
it, a leg-pull on a poor gullible journalist? or was everyone young and
extremely silly?) will continue to come back to haunt ExI and all who sail
in her, as it did the other day.
Damien Broderick
[not an extropian on somewhat Emlynish grounds]
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