Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id GAA25775 (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 06:18:57 GMT From: "Richard Brodie" <richard@brodietech.com> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: Witness Tells of Taliban Attack on Ancient Buddha Relics Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 22:15:22 -0800 Message-ID: <JJEIIFOCALCJKOFDFAHBGEDDCGAA.richard@brodietech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20010305203346.AAA11227@camailp.harvard.edu@[205.240.180.49]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
As usual, Wade stands on the fence (as any card-carrying skeptic should)
between completely dismissing memetic theory and having one of the best
understandings of it in Cambridge. This destruction of icons is memocide!
Thanks for the post, Wade.
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From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf Of
Wade T.Smith
Sent: Monday, March 5, 2001 12:34 PM
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Subject: RE: Witness Tells of Taliban Attack on Ancient Buddha Relics
>what is specifically memetic about this issue? Why did Wade post that
message?
Maybe I'm lost, but what the hell is specifically non-memetic about it?
Making pronouncements about icons is not only decidedly cultural, but
using force to dismiss ideas and religions is absolutely memetic- it is
memetic engineering brought to its brutal and inevitable conclusion-
ensuring the presence of only one mode of thought.
Since when ain't tyranny memetic?
- Wade
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