Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id WAA19698 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Mon, 4 Mar 2002 22:41:35 GMT Message-ID: <06ee01c1c3cd$4133a460$a5fc7ad5@hppav> From: "Alan Patrick" <a.patrick@btinternet.com> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> References: <LAW2-F144U9T3TGJ2TU0001e005@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Rumsfeld Says He May Drop New Office of Influence Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 17:38:05 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> The "eye for an eye" meme goes back some 4,000 years. I don't know how
you
> figure it only started in 1948. The situation they are applying it to may
> have started then, but they didn't have to choose that meme for answering
> the challenge. And how do you figure America and Europe made them choose
> that meme to solve their problems with instead of choosing to negotiate
with
> each other in good faith? You haven't told me how that came about yet.
I think Europe & America have been trying to get them to drop that meme
since 1948. Before that, the British found them all a pain in the *ss, as
did the Turks, as did the Saracens, Romans, Greeks, Egyptians......of course
pre 20th century you were allow to solve this lot with a good pogrom every
so often.
Alan
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