Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id JAA26202 (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 09:29:05 GMT Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 08:25:02 +0000 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Witness Tells of Taliban Attack on Ancient Buddha Relics Message-ID: <20010306082502.C540@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <20010305203346.AAA11227@camailp.harvard.edu@[205.240.180.49]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <20010305203346.AAA11227@camailp.harvard.edu@[205.240.180.49]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 03:33:35PM -0500 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 03:33:35PM -0500, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> >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?
It doesn't mention memes.
> 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?
Since when is tyranny any more memetic than "tunes, ideas, catch-phrases,
clothes fashions, ways of making pots or of building arches"? Should
all these be considered on-topic here too? Along with all of US and UK
politics, advertising, etc, etc, etc? I say, examples of memes in action
are only on-topic if accompanied by an explicitly memetic commentary.
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