Re: Speaking of Reason

R. A. Hettinga wrote: At 2:58 PM + 12/12/03, ken wrote: Bruce is a lefty, but not a statist rghhht... That's like saying that he's a sow, but not a boar... grunt grunt

Re: Speaking of Reason

At 2:58 PM + 12/12/03, ken wrote: >Bruce is a lefty, but not a statist rghhht... That's like saying that he's a sow, but not a boar... :-) Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, M

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In a message dated 12/11/2003 5:25:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Better be careful when you say that, or Brin'll fire up his screaming > monkey routine at you... I've already had my turn at bat with Brin. He was upset several years ago when I made a few comments abo

Re: Speaking of Reason

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Sterling makes a comment betraying what Ludwig Von Mises called the anti-capitalist mentality when he quipped to Godwin: "Sure, we hate Exxon because they're huge and they're everywhere." He was pointing it out, not preaching it. I think over in Austin they do se

Re: Speaking of Reason

At 12:07 PM -0500 12/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Sterling is a capitalist in the same way that Brin is a libertarian. Better be careful when you say that, or Brin'll fire up his screaming monkey routine at you... >therefore feel some need to candy coat their statism. Say 'amen', somebody...

Re: Speaking of Reason

In a message dated 12/11/2003 10:04:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > If that is true, why can't it simply be called "capitalist?" > > I suspect because actual capitalists would have some problems with it. Sterling makes a comment betraying what Ludwig Von Mises called t

Re: Speaking of Reason

Declan McCullagh wrote: I don't know what "entryist" means. It might be helpful to define your terms. Really? That's odd. Taking you at your word it means someone who joins (i.e. enters) a political party or another organisation in order to take it over and change it to their own point of view

Re: Speaking of Reason

On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 10:37:27AM -0800, James A. Donald wrote: > Veridian green is entryist, not commie. The watermelons would > perceive it as right entryist, or libertarian entryist. I don't know what "entryist" means. It might be helpful to define your terms. > The standard green viewpoint

Re: Speaking of Reason

-- On 9 Dec 2003 at 23:44, R. A. Hettinga wrote: > At 3:59 PM -0500 12/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Cybergreen: Bruce Sterling > > Green = Red. > > Bruce Sterling is, for all intents and purposes, a commie. > > "Veridian", my ass. Veridian green is entryist, not commie. The watermelons

Re: Speaking of Reason

At 3:58 PM +0200 12/10/03, Anatoly Vorobey wrote: >So what you're saying is that we need a remote-plonk mechanism to insert >oneself into another person's killfile (merely entertaining this thought >makes me a loathsome Bolshie, I'm sure). Yup. On both counts. :-). Seriously, in IM, like AIM, for

Re: Speaking of Reason

On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 08:26:22AM -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote: > Unfortunately, if you want to read Tim, you have to read his evil twin > Skippy, too. > > Living in *his* killfile, on the other hand, and if he actually uses it, > can be useful. Try it, you'll like it. So what you're saying is th

Re: Speaking of Reason

In a message dated 12/9/2003 11:58:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Green = Red. > > Bruce Sterling is, for all intents and purposes, a commie. > > "Veridian", my ass. > My thoughts exactly. Regards, Matt-

Re: Speaking of Reason

In a message dated 12/9/2003 6:12:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > As for you, Gaylor, you subscribe for a while, contribute nothing, > vanish from the list for a couple of years, then resubscribe and > immediately start ranting that I am not doing enough for the cause.

Re: Speaking of Reason

At 4:57 PM -0800 12/9/03, Eric Murray wrote: >I pretty much agree with your views, minus the racism and misogny. >On days that the brilliant thoughtful Tim posts, I'm in awe. >When Tim the asshole posts, I'm disgusted. Unfortunately >these days the latter Tim isn't letting the former Tim >near the

Re: Speaking of Reason

On Dec 9, 2003, at 8:46 PM, Roy M. Silvernail wrote: On Tuesday 09 December 2003 19:57, Eric Murray wrote: Ok, bye! Eric (just to make it crystal clear, Tim's going in my _personal_ killfile) Shit, mine too. I really don't get what's happened to Tim. He used to be a great resource. Now he's

Re: Speaking of Reason

At 3:59 PM -0500 12/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Cybergreen: Bruce Sterling Green = Red. Bruce Sterling is, for all intents and purposes, a commie. "Veridian", my ass. Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation 44 F

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On Tuesday 09 December 2003 19:57, Eric Murray wrote: > Ok, bye! > > > Eric (just to make it crystal clear, Tim's going in my _personal_ killfile) Shit, mine too. I really don't get what's happened to Tim. He used to be a great resource. Now he's even forgotten how to troll well.

Re: Speaking of Reason

On Dec 9, 2003, at 4:57 PM, Eric Murray wrote: On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 03:05:29PM -0800, Tim May wrote: Since Eric Murray has expressed distaste with my views I pretty much agree with your views, minus the racism and misogny. On days that the brilliant thoughtful Tim posts, I'm in awe. When Tim t

Re: Speaking of Reason

On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 03:05:29PM -0800, Tim May wrote: > Since Eric Murray has expressed distaste with my views I pretty much agree with your views, minus the racism and misogny. On days that the brilliant thoughtful Tim posts, I'm in awe. When Tim the asshole posts, I'm disgusted. Unfortunate

Speaking of Reason

Tim's whine (complaint) withstanding, I just got the January issue of Reason in the mail and of interest is Mike Godwin's interview of Bruce Sterling- Cybergreen: Bruce Sterling on media, design, fiction, and the future (p 42-50). It's worth a read. Regards, Matt-