Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id KAA28955 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:49:30 +0100 Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:44:32 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Mooning Message-ID: <20010616104432.B741@ii01.org> References: <20010615124523.AAA25897@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <20010615124523.AAA25897@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 08:45:21AM -0400 From: Robin Faichney <robin@ii01.org> X-RBL-Warning: (orbs.dorkslayers.com) 195.8.69.94 is listed by dorkslayers.com Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 08:45:21AM -0400, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> On 06/15/01 03:21, Metascience said this-
>
> >The act of mooning may have various meanings:
> >1. a prank
> >2. a provocation against sexual norms
> >3. an expression of contempt.
> >
> >In the 1987 study, mooning was just a childish prank. Yesterday in
> >Gothenburg, it was certainly an expression of contempt.
<snip>
> I always viewed mooning as pretty much a display reflex, like that of
> baboons.
And that's how you display your contempt.
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