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16 Dec 2004 07:28:05 AM |
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Re: Clinton, aesthetics and American libertarianism |
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Unlike many on the left, I do not seek to destroy America or the
Western civilization. > Ilya Shambat.
When you say things like this Ilya, I truly wonder if all your brain
cells are functional.
Cat
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| User: "the Danimal" |
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| Title: Re: Clinton, aesthetics and American libertarianism |
16 Dec 2004 12:50:23 PM |
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wrote:
ilya_shambat2004@yahoo.com wrote:
Unlike many on the left, I do not seek to destroy America or the
Western civilization. > Ilya Shambat.
When you say things like this Ilya, I truly wonder if all your brain
cells are functional.
Ilya's hyperbole brain cells appear to be thriving.
However, the hyperbole tree grows best from a grain of truth,
and the grain of truth here is that every political party wants
to destroy certain parts of America and Western civilization.
For example, the religious right wants to destroy the American
pornography industry. (Arnold Schwarzenegger, outspoken Bush
supporter, governs the state with the richest pornography
industry in the U.S.) The left wants to destroy the sacred
American tradition of persecuting gay people. Etc.
The point of politics is to destroy *something*. Few political
parties could hope to energize their base solely by trying to
create new things while leaving all existing things untouched.
And speaking of destroying Western Civilization, the next time
you scoff at the potential value of sex robots, Google
soc.singles for the sordid posting history of "crash street kidd,"
"enialle," and her sister "rauni."
Not everyone is young, attractive, and mentally healthy,
nor capable of attracting a human partner who is young,
attractive, and mentally healthy.
I challenge you to read the sad tale of what crash A.K.A. Vlad
endured (and inflicted) in his thus-far futile quest for human
companionship, and explain how artificial companions could
fail to be better for him.
In the ideal case---say, a woman who can qualify to appear
on "America's Next Top Model"---a person hardly needs artificial
companions, because being highly desirable makes it easy to
attract highly desirable companions.
But the ideal case is *far* from the average case, let alone
the below-average case. Most people enter the competition
for worthwhile companions with desires far exceeding their
desirability, and the gap only widens as they age.
If you have the good fortune to die of old age, I hope for
your sake by then technologists have provided worthwhile
artificial comanions, so you can avoid the sad fate of
living out your final decrepit years alone that awaits
4 out of 5 women. Or worse, living out your final
decrepit years with a decrepit old man.
-- the Danimal
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