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Subject: Re: dystopia, at last...
Date: 9 Sep 1995 01:19:52 GMT
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In article
[email protected] (Kronos Traveller) writes:

> After reading technical boy's and Nightfly's latest post and after a discussion
> with SweetPoly, I realize that I need to define Utopia as I see it. First: A
> utopia is a society where people have learned to respect the ideas and beliefs
> of others even if they don't agree.

Yeah, right! See sig. See Question to Polecat thread.

>It is a democratic society where everyone
> participates. There is no congress because we the people vote on proposed laws
> and regulations. Intellectual freedom is encouraged even between people who are
> diametrically opposed. There is no atrocity tolerated (t.b.'s def'n of utopia
> is very similar to my vision of dystopia - see Huxley's Brave New World for my
> vision of the ultimate dystopia), no discrimination tolerated, and grit in the
> machine is welcomed for providing a forum for debate.

If there's no discrimination there will obviously be no grit. Yes all
is well!



> - "Sometimes Pinky, you hurt my head." The Brain -

ditto Kronus


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