RE: would you vote for this man?

From: Greg Burch (gregburch@gregburch.net)
Date: Sun Aug 31 2003 - 19:00:33 MDT

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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Robbie Lindauer
    > Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 7:17 PM
    >
    > On Sunday, August 31, 2003, at 11:33 AM, Greg Burch wrote:
    >
    > > Imagine the volume of text it would take for each of us to set out
    > > our positions in detail on these matters.
    >
    > I did it with three questions. Maybe you could do it with three
    > answers?
    >
    > Were we FORCED to go to war?
    > Is it BAD to bomb people without Necessity?
    > Didn't "we" do that?

    Fine, if it will make you feel any better, you can have my answers:

    Yes
    Yes
    No

    Is knowing my opinion on this subject of any value to you? It hardly seems
    so. Now you *might* be interested in the *book* I'd have to write to
    explain myself to you. But then there's the bandwidth thing.

    > It's not like I'm asking you to analyze the structure of human freedom
    > in its cultural dimension across temporal and sociological borders or
    > something.

    But, really, you are, because that's the only way I can explain my answers.
    And such an exercise is precisely what I'm saying isn't really appropriate
    here.

    > > Imagine the effort it would take
    > > to refrain from name-calling, and the consequences for the list when
    > > we fail
    > > to do so.
    >
    > I have been refraining and intend to continue to keep refraining. You?

    You'll agree it's quite difficult to do so when subjects like this come up,
    won't you?

    > > discussion of human augmentation
    > > can't.
    >
    > Perfection is valueless without moral perfection. I would say, the
    > only worthwhile augmentation pursuit would be the moral one and that it
    > OUGHT to have longevity-producing and human-improving side effects.

    Now in this we're in perfect agreement. How we'd go about defining morality
    to be perfected, aye, there's the rub.

    GB

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