Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id NAA23615 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Mon, 5 Mar 2001 13:44:15 GMT From: <gvidan@EUnet.yu> Message-Id: <200103051340.f25Denf16841@smtp.EUnet.yu> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 14:44:27 +0100 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Witness Tells of Taliban Attack on Ancient Buddha Relics In-reply-to: <20010305124656.A1186@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745CC3@inchna.stir.ac.uk>; from v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk on Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 11:24:58AM -0000 X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12a) Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
I am new here, just getting the ropes. However, I believe that the
Taliban's treatment of women is a cultural issue, therefore a
memetic one as well. That's why I think that the Wade posting
made sense.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
Regards,
Djordje Vidanovich
On 5 Mar 01, at 12:46, Robin Faichney wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 11:24:58AM -0000, Vincent Campbell wrote: >
> I'm torn here. I hate it when history and archaeology is treated
> with such > contempt, but at least as bad is the massive international
> outcry over these > statues compared to the deafening silence over the
> Taliban's treatment of > women. I think the international community
> should get its priorities right.
>
> Leaving aside the obvious fact that everything cultural is, by
> definition, memetic -- on the basis of which absolutely every aspect
> of culture would be on-topic here -- what is specifically memetic
> about this issue? Why did Wade post that message?
>
> --
> Robin Faichney
> robin@reborntechnology.co.uk
>
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Dr. Djordje Vidanovic
Professor of Linguistics and Semantics
University of Nis, Serbia
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