Wait until New Hong Kong opens up on Mars.

Post #75,165 by Brandioch 1/17/03 2:04:38 PM Reply	Wait until New Hong Kong opens up on Mars. People lack the imagination that makes exploration a joy, not a chore. Worse yet, we have too many Marlowe's in this country. People who can't think unless it is in comparision to someone else. We followed the Russians into space. We rode that wave to the moon. But once we were the first, we stopped caring. When China is making progress on putting a permanent base on Mars, we'll start focusing again.
Post #75,293 by Ashton 1/17/03 10:45:16 PM Reply	We do not ever explore for the Joy! That word is unknown to the Repo mindset, and anathema for the Fundamentalist. The bizness mind is the Babbitt mind. Shallowness is how you fail at academics and go for the MBA - or phys.ed. Or President. We 'explore' to be #1 in ____ Exploring, a word not far from exploiting. Once we Are #1 - forget it. On to the next Exploit... but only IF.. someome else might beat us to It. Whatever the fuck It is/was. Isn't this a lot like being famous for being famous?* * A friend, teaching Art in a HS some eons ago - sought a requisition to buy a Da Vinci book.. Art/Science, that sort of thing. The Admin (Principal? I forget) asked: "Who's this Da Vinki?" (She explained) "Well who needs a book by some dead Italian anyway?" The mission of that school succeeded.
Post #75,628 by cwbrenn 1/20/03 10:06:46 AM Reply	Anathema for the Fundamentalist? Define your terms. I know many fundies who are very fond of exploring. The fact that it can be done in ways to make a profit is a BONUS for them. And the fact that you can make a profit on it is a way to get people who would otherwise be uninterested in such an activity to help pay for it. "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young

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