RE: Witness Tells of Taliban Attack on Ancient Buddha Relics

From: Vincent Campbell (v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Mar 05 2001 - 14:02:35 GMT

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    From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk>
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    Subject: RE: Witness Tells of Taliban Attack on Ancient Buddha Relics
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    Hi Djordje,

    I'll leave the man himself to answer your question, but welcome to the list.

    Vincent

    > ----------
    > From: gvidan@EUnet.yu
    > Reply To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > Sent: Monday, March 5, 2001 1:44 pm
    > To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > Subject: Re: Witness Tells of Taliban Attack on Ancient Buddha Relics
    >
    > 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
    > --------------------------------------
    > djordjev@junis.ni.ac.yu
    > gvidan@EUnet.yu
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