Re: Words and memes

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Date: Fri Feb 22 2002 - 21:35:49 GMT

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    >Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 19:56:45 -0800
    From: "Grant Callaghan" <grantc4@hotmail.com>
    Subject: Re: Words and memes

    >Subject: Re: Words and memes
    >Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 20:37:46 -0500
    >
    >At 01:50 PM 21/02/02 -0500, Francesca S. Alcorn wrote:
    >
    >snip
    >
    >>There were plenty of science and math teachers in my village. I was one
    >>myself, and I'm still alive AFAIK. The difference between us and
    >>missionaries was that we were there at the local government's invitation
    >>(not us personally, but our program) and *they* weren't. It ain't cultural
    >>imperialism if you've got an invite.
    >>
    >>frankie
    >
    >Not exactly. But the government had been convince prior to that by
    >demonstrations of firepower or wealth that the western world's ways were
    >worth teaching and to some degree or another, displacing the tribal ways.
    >
    >Is the 1850s cattle killing still alive for people in that part of the
    >world?
    >
    >Keith
    >
    It seems alive and well in England. ;-)>

    Grant<

    We're not doing too well at vacinating humans either! :-)

    Steve

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