Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id RAA05633 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 24 Apr 2002 17:42:38 +0100 Message-ID: <003501c1ebad$4adf43e0$5e2ffea9@oemcomputer> From: "Philip Jonkers" <philipjonkers@prodigy.net> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> References: <20020424131521.19AAF1FD4C@camail.harvard.edu> Subject: Re: Media and Violence Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 09:30:04 -0700 Organization: Prodigy Internet Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Wade:
> Rome, like other civilizations, was not desensitized to their spectacles
> of violence and death, they _wanted_ to see just that. The audience was a
> living and enjoying entity in these pageants of blood.
>
> The bull fight is a pale imitation.
>
> The appetites of the human species are strong, and should never be
> discounted.
Nature is `red in tooth and claw'. Humans are part of nature, therefore
humans
are `red in tooth and claw' too.
Phil.
===============================================================
This was distributed via the memetics list associated with the
Journal of Memetics - Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission
For information about the journal and the list (e.g. unsubscribing)
see: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed Apr 24 2002 - 17:54:06 BST