Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id CAA25404 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 6 Mar 2001 02:24:33 GMT Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20010305202552.00a6d130@mail.clarityconnect.com> X-Sender: rrecchia@mail.clarityconnect.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 20:40:25 -0500 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk From: Ray Recchia <rrecchia@mail.clarityconnect.com> Subject: Re: Witness Tells of Taliban Attack on Ancient Buddha Relics In-Reply-To: <20010305184706.B523@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <200103051340.f25Denf16841@smtp.EUnet.yu> <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745CC3@inchna.stir.ac.uk> <20010305124656.A1186@reborntechnology.co.uk> <200103051340.f25Denf16841@smtp.EUnet.yu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Two models of dealing with competition. 1) Allow direct competition and
have a meme succeed because it survives an internal battle between memes,
and 2) have the most ardent acceptors of the meme destroy all evidence of
competitors and prevent exposure. These artifacts have existed for
thousands of years and are an impressive testament to Buddhism. If you
want to eliminate Buddhism in your country using strategy 2, destroying
those artifacts would be a way to do it. Of course there is always that
backlash problem. But the backlash won't last anywhere near the amount of
time those artifacts did. Sounds fairly memetic to me. I enjoy Wade's
news posts and tend to save them.
Ray Recchia
At 06:47 PM 3/5/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 02:44:27PM +0100, gvidan@EUnet.yu wrote:
> > 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.
>
>Perhaps, it's just me -- maybe I'm wrong to suppose that "all cultural
>issues" is too wide a remit, and that posts to the list should have a
>explicit, if indirect, connection to memetics. What do others think?
>
>It just occurred to me, there's probably an official statement about
>this. I wonder which side it comes down on...
>
>--
>Robin Faichney
>robin@reborntechnology.co.uk
>
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