Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id QAA26841 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 11 May 2000 16:34:04 +0100 Message-ID: <B6E47FBD3879D31192AD009027AC929C3688C8@NWTH-EXCHANGE> From: Bruce Jones <BruceJ@nwths.com> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: a memetic experiment- an eIe opener Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 10:38:31 -0500 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Palson [SMTP:cpalson@mediaone.net]
> Subject: Re: a memetic experiment- an eIe opener
>
> Yes, the "only" difference is the context of the words. But that "only" is
> huge.
>
The ONLY I see is this .....
With propaganda you get absolutes ... "All people over 6' tall are
bad and therefore must be shortened!"
With PR you get ... "Being over 6' is not a problem with our new
and improved quick shortening device approved by the office of Height
Control. End those irritating height related problems, receive our new
patented "Altitude Away" device and join the crowd."
In the one there is an all or nothing attitude promoted by an agency
of some kind. Either a radical extreme or a government sponsored edict. In
the other the choice is yours but to be "normal" you really should do
something about it.
In either case the idea is if you are over 6' you are not normal and
you need to change.
With Ross the problem was not with his ability to get his message
across ... it was his persona of being an absolute. "My way or the
highway." What he was not -- was political.
Bruce
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