Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id QAA08646 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:53:33 +0100 From: "Lawrence DeBivort" <debivort@umd5.umd.edu> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: World Language Losses at a Glance Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 11:56:07 -0400 Message-ID: <NEBBKOADILIOKGDJLPMAIECCCEAA.debivort@umd5.umd.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20010621153936.AAA8245@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Our usanian empire is not one of territory, but of arrogance, and unless we
change that, ours too (and its potential) will fail. Thus one of the reasons
for our interest in memetics, to reprogram that arrogance into more healthy
and helpful belief structures.
- Lawrence
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> From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
> Of Wade T.Smith
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 11:39 AM
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> Subject: Re: World Language Losses at a Glance
>
>
> On 06/21/01 08:45, Robin Faichney said this-
>
> >> The sun is perhaps setting....
> >
> >Is that the UK sun or the US one?
>
> Well, not to put too fine a point on it, but the brit one set a while
> ago, regardless of the little ditty.
>
> As for the usanian sun- we never claimed we had an empire it would never
> set upon.
>
> - Wade
>
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