At 10:02 AM 7/2/2004 -0700 Davd Brin wrote: >Putting aside arguments over methods, many of the >participants in MoveOn want to see a touchy-feely >future in which all children are given free food and >education and the Earth is safe for dolphins and apes. >People will be careful not to hurt each others >feelings by saying unkind things. Many of them >recognize the vital role of markets and competition. >Others do not. > >The Christian Coalition also has a definite image of >the desireable Earth of a hundred years from now... a >burnt out cinder, ravaged by war and pestilence and >covered with skeletons scattered during a final battle >between good and evil. Many children have been saved >not by the tax-and-spend methods listed above but by >the more efficient and tax friendly means of >persuading them to love Jesus, so they will be >transported to Heaven instead of LEFT BEHIND. > >1. This is both true and utterly fair.
The only explanation for the above is that David Brin is testing the List to see if we have heeded his warnings about assigning chivalrous motives to those who agree with us and craven motives to our opponents. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
