From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Fri 18 Oct 2002 - 16:47:04 GMT
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philip A.E. Jonkers" <ephilution@attbi.com>
> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 10:42 PM
> Subject: Re: Are memes ideas?
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> > Joe:
> > > Howzabout forbearance? You ceretainly cannot claim that the
> > > conscious decision not to engage in a behavior is itself a
> > > behavior, but teetotalers, nonsmokers, straights and celibates,
> > > among others, "do" it all the time. And they may communicate
> > > their convictions to others, but they are "practicing" them even
> > > when such communication is not occurring.
> >
> > But you can *practise* celibacy as well as you can practise safe sex
> > for instance. Both are examples of behavior I think, the only
> > difference is that the former is indeed a behavior of forbearance
> > while the other may be called a behavior
> of
> > thoughtful action for all I know.
> >
> > Phil.
> >
Celibacy is indeed another example of 'forbearant (non)action'.
> >
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