I've had enough bitting my tongue placating the simpletons. If I offend, good. I have no intentions of rewarding large scale societal damaging actions or views by withholding my vitriolic condemnation.<br><br>I really don't want this country to be viewed as the breeding ground for "underpants gnomes" and Farengi when we could be the breeding ground for the Federation. I just don't yet see a process to get from here to there that is less than catastrophic in the interim. I would much prefer if humans could choose to make the changes instead of being willing to die/kill to not change.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Geoffrey Myers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com">lists@serioustechnology.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I find you to be a relatively intelligent person, but the vitriol with<br>
all the name calling, for one, isn't necessary, and two, pollutes the<br>
value of your post.<br>
<br>
I would probably fall into our categorizations below, and yet, I'm<br>
pretty sure I'm not an idiot, stupid or a retard.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> It is not possible to have a meaningful discussion of philosophical or<br>
> social processes on ALE. The intellectual background of the major<br>
> participants is simple too insufficient to allow for a high level<br>
> discussion as current society is in a permanent state of ADHD, 30 second<br>
> sound bite mode.<br>
><br>
> My apologies for trying to introduce a concept that is too far advanced<br>
> for the average tea'tard to begin to discuss in any meaningful form. I<br>
> am sorry I keep trying to get ALErs to see beyond themselves and grasp<br>
> the concept that the process that allowed the formation of the Linux<br>
> kernel to become the powerhouse that it is today could also benefit the<br>
> whole of society. But some reason, most likely brainwashing from Fox<br>
> news and Ann Coultier and Gleck Beck and Sarah Palin, there's a huge<br>
> body of idiots now here that think their little middle class existence<br>
> actually matters in the big picture. It doesn't. Nor does mine or anyone<br>
> who would actually talk to us.<br>
><br>
> I despise "Divine Right". No royalty allowed here is a good thing. The<br>
> tea'tard mentality only benefits the current royalty that I would like<br>
> to see beheaded in the public square for crimes against humanity.<br>
><br>
> Fortunately for all of humanity, the conservative moron view doesn't<br>
> always win out. Otherwise we'd still be swinging from trees or living in<br>
> caves. Too bad progressive have to spend so much energy getting idiots<br>
> to think so society can move forward just a little bit more. Maybe in<br>
> the lifetime of my great-great-grandkids humans will be looking back on<br>
> competition with the same intensity of disdain that I view the tea'tard<br>
> morons (candidates for Darwin Awards in bulk). Maybe humans will learn<br>
> that cooperation is the only way we have survived to this point.<br>
><br>
> Nah. Probably not. Stupid people breed like flies.<br>
><br>
> I'll shut up now.<br>
><br>
> Probably should unsubscribe from ALE so I won't see the backlash from<br>
> this...<br>
><br>
> Nah. Watching tea'tards foam at the mouth is kind of fun actually. I'll<br>
> be sure to keep happily paying my taxes to support the local emergency<br>
> medical services so they can be hauled to the nearest hospital when they<br>
> have a stroke.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> --<br>
> James P. Kinney III<br>
> I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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Until later, Geoffrey<br>
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