Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id UAA08154 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 6 Sep 2001 20:33:34 +0100 Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 12:31:09 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) From: TJ Olney <market@cc.wwu.edu> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: Re: FW: England humour In-Reply-To: <F220w8k69RKLpgTFur2000084f8@hotmail.com> Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.4.33.0109061230090.227-100000@C157775-A.frndl1.wa.home.com> X-X-Sender: market@[140.160.80.17] Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Scott Chase wrote:
> >
> Popularity is hardly a criterion of worth. Case in point...the rapid
> proliferation of "boy bands" such as Backstreet Boys and N'Sync branching
> from their primordial ancestor New Kids on the Block.
>
No, it is a criterion for making money, which most people equate with worth,
sigh...
-- TJ Olney market@cc.wwu.edu Not all those who wander are lost.
-- http://mp3.musicmatch.com/artists/artists.cgi?id=113&display=1
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