Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id WAA05573 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 12 Jul 2000 22:24:37 +0100 Message-ID: <20000712212208.50807.qmail@hotmail.com> X-Originating-IP: [212.1.142.14] From: "Diana Stevenson" <dianaxf@hotmail.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Memes and sexuality Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 14:22:08 PDT Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Lise wrote:
<I have a feeling we wouldn't get much else done if we didn't repress our
'natural drives' to some extent>
Do you mean that sexual repression arose because it allows more time and
energy to be used in spreading memes? Orwell in "1984" posited that sexual
frustration makes people more fanatical about their memes, and many have
seen a link between celibacy and fanaticism in christian writings.
Here's one for Vincent: last year Time Out magazine (London) ran an article
on The X-Files with the caption "Mulder and Scully: searching for the truth
as only the sexually frustrated can". A good example of responsible
journalism???:)
Diana
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