Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id BAA18272 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 23 Jan 2001 01:40:32 GMT X-Originating-IP: [209.240.220.215] From: "Scott Chase" <ecphoric@hotmail.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: RE: DNA Culture .... Trivia? Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:37:41 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <F148sGmjm08IyFrydlb000079a4@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Jan 2001 01:37:41.0266 (UTC) FILETIME=[134A7720:01C084DD] Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk>
>Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
>Subject: RE: DNA Culture .... Trivia?
>Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:27:38 -0000
>
>Do you notice how, there can be weeks of very little activity on the list,
>but when people start getting a bit agitated, it suddenly explodes into
>life
>(albeit very red and tooth and claw)?
>
I've noticed periods where the list is silent ad other periods when there
are so many messages in my mailbox that I struggle to keep up. I like
spectating on some of the heated debates, such as the perennial Joe/Robin
show, but some of the other stuff gets a tad raw.
>
>I have mixed feelings about it. I enjoy a heated debate, but I also think
>its brings the worst out in us, especially on a faceless e-mail list, where
>people talk to each other in ways they never would face to face (and I've
>been as guilty of this as anyone else).
>
>
I'm having fun with Wade's sexual memetics wanderings, adding a few of my
own.
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