RE: PC meme/s

From: Lawrence deBivort (debivort@umd5.umd.edu)
Date: Fri 18 Feb 2005 - 12:18:38 GMT

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    Greetings,

    I don't think the 'PC meme' is new. It is just the desire not to offend people who have power. In the 'old days' power was often more concentrated
    (in a king, religious figure) and so ideas expressed around that figure designed to maintain or curry favor were 'PC'. Now, when we have decided that everyone's opinions count, PC has come to mean offending no one.

    The backlash against the PC meme is an interesting one, isn't it? We sneer at statements made for PC reasons, yet we all tend to go along with PC in our own statements. Also, when we announce that we are going to say something not PC, we seem to cloak ourselves temporarily in protection against the accusation of not being PC.

    Regards to all, Lawry de Bivort

    -----Original Message----- From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alan Patrick Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 3:24 AM To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: PC meme/s

    > Might we apply the same idea (where we can determine the relative force
    > between two objects through observation) to the relationships between
    > memes
    > and men? For example, it is clear that the "force" of the PC meme on the
    > average individual is greater than the force of the individual on the PC
    > meme.

    Well, the "force" is from the sum of all the other individuals who hold the meme, so you would expect one individual to be very influenced by it under the law of gravitas.....

    my Q though, is where did the PC meme come from, and how has it managed to gain such strength in certain habitats.

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