RE: Is Suicide Contagious? A Case Study in Applied Memetics

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Mon Apr 30 2001 - 17:50:05 BST

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Subject: RE: Is Suicide Contagious? A Case Study in Applied Memetics 
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:50:05 -0400
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    On 04/30/01 12:07, Vincent Campbell said this-

    >one day
    >adverts might, for example, feature a naked woman with two fingers between
    >her legs, with the caption 'Drink Coke'- some might say we've more or less
    >got that already....

    I'd be among 'em. Of course, it could just be my puritanical,
    curmudgeonly dotage showing, because, no matter what Britney does or how
    she looks doing it, I ain't goin' to buy Pepsi.

    - Wade

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