Re: Why Europe is so Contrary

From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Mon 18 Nov 2002 - 00:24:42 GMT

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    > > Oty has to do with the root causes for the European reticence to
    > > engage a dire terrorist threat: fear. Quite simply, they are afraid
    > > to
    > piss
    > > off the maniacs; they would much rather snub the reasonable people,
    > > because the reasonable people will not answer with truckbombs,
    > > airplanes flown into skyscrapers, and poison gas in subway systems
    >
    > I understand your point of view, I just don't understand where
    > memetics comes into all this, there are a gazillion lists in
    > cyberspace spouting this sort of stuff, I joined this one to talk
    > about memetics. What is the memetic point you are making?
    >
    > Rgds
    >
    > Alan
    >
    Because part of memetics is hooks and filters. One memetic hook is sex, another is self-preservation, and a third is freedom. These motivations work for filters, too. It is important to understand the zombic exigencies influencing one's decisions and opinions, so one may compensate for them in order to preserve logic and a semblance of objectivity, and attempt to rationally consider the situation as it actually is, rather than how one's memetic infestations tend to emotionally color it. And it is not "spouting" to proffer a salient point (except for those who have memetically-driven emotional reasons for filtering and/or disputing it and thus essay a slander against it by using such an unsavory-connotation-laden term to characterize it).
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