Re: Mike Lorrey Eliminated From Extropians List (was RE: META: List Changes)

From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Wed Aug 13 2003 - 23:20:35 MDT

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    Alex Bokov:
    <<...and as for this list being mutual admiration society, as a matter of
    fact
    I do admire the people on this list. Including Mike and Samantha... except
    when they're aiming vicious little barbs at each other with the rest of us in
    the middle. With the world so full of petty, snide, cynical, mean-spirited
    nonsense perhaps a little mutual admiration is exactly what we need here.>>

    I wasn't really refering to that particular clash. But there have been digs
    that seem perversely immature and petty. On top of that I feel that the
    admiration, you refer to, is sometimes seen to be just ego-feeding. Everyone needs a
    pat now and then, but the buttering up sometimes seems egregious. I can
    overlook that if the list content is pleasing, otherwise. But, again, cliqishness ,
    or ego-feeding (all part of a mutual admiration society, is disconcerting at
    best. There are important topics, and being induced to conform to ego-rites is
    not good for the psyche.



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