> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Dave Land > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 12:05 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Ghostpost...synthetic biology and security > > Dan, > > On Nov 4, 2007, at 3:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > There is an interesting interview on this topic at > > > > http://www.synbiosafe.eu/index.php?page=expert-interviews > > > > Scroll down to the 11th interview.. Some of you might > > recognize the name. :-) > > I never had much patience for Gautam's arguments on Brin-L, > and all too often engaged him in battles for which he was > likely far better prepared, but I like the way he presents > himself on camera: calm and reasonable. It also helps that > I happen to agree with the points he makes in the interview.
I think he did a good job of it. It was his first on-camera interview. > When he's not shilling for the Bush administration's kill- > em-all-let-God-sort-em-out approach to global politics, his > obvious intelligence shines through. Sigh, you know this reinforces my understanding of what the internet is doing for public discourse. Instead of discussions in stable neighborhoods, which often have a diversity of opinion in them, there are enough people on the net to find small sub-sets of opinion that do not threaten one's own. Gautam was on record here as rating Bush as a D- president, and weighing whether to vote for Bush or Kerry. That put him pretty well in the middle of the country. He was very well respected by liberal Harvard luminaries in political science, like Stanley Hoffman. How in the world is that possible if he were no more than a Bush shrill? He has strong differences with many on this list, including me, on a number of subjects...but that's no more accurate than calling your position "America is always wrong". What I still don't understand is why people don't want to know the actual viewpoints of folks they don't agree with. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
