Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id LAA08594 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 28 Feb 2002 11:12:39 GMT Message-ID: <570E2BEE7BC5A34684EE5914FCFC368C10FB8A@fillan> From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: Rumsfeld Says He May Drop New Office of Influence Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 11:05:24 -0000 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Filter-Info: UoS MailScan 0.1 [D 1] Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
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> From: Jeremy Bradley
> Reply To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 5:03 AM
> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Subject: RE: Rumsfeld Says He May Drop New Office of Influence
>
> At 06:49 AM 26/02/02 -0800, you wrote:
> >All they're likely to do is rename it The Office of Truth and Moral
> >Certainty. No one engaged in modern warfare is going to get rid of the
> >propaganda department.
> >
> >Grant
> >
> Hi Grant
> The derogatory connotation of the word 'propaganda' derives from a
> Catholic
> society which was actively producing anti-reformation pamphlets in Rome at
> the time of Henry VIII- Le Society de Propaganda Fide (scuse the
> spelling).
> Roughly translated it was 'The Society for the Propagation of Truth. The
> society's 'truths', being subjective, were derided by the reformationists,
> gave rise to the meme that propaganda is false information which has been
> broadcast for political gain.
> It has been painfully obvious for some time that much of the rest of the
> World knows more than the citizens of USAnia do about the ideological
> imbroglio that that has laid siege to the potential peace and
> sustainability of humanity as a whole.
> For examples 'collateral damage' in Afghanistan far outweighs the number
> of
> US citizens killed on 9/11 - but even if you know, that's OK even if it
> does mean that a new generation of orphaned 'terrorists' is now growing up
> with good reason to hate USAnia. And US energy pollices will arguably kill
> trillions of humans - but that's OK too because a significant turnaround
> may damage the US economy.
> Wait for my essay "The Me Me Meme and the Cult of Post-Enlightenment
> Individuation"
> Jeremy
>
>
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