Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id NAA28382 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Mon, 19 Nov 2001 13:45:20 GMT From: "Lawrence DeBivort" <debivort@umd5.umd.edu> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: Wade's last week's phrase of the day... Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 08:37:20 -0500 Message-ID: <NEBBKOADILIOKGDJLPMAAEABCIAA.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 In-Reply-To: <3BF8F81F.9030209@bioinf.man.ac.uk> Importance: Normal Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> I think this is a clever con - take a nice middle class kid (raised for
> years 'on the farm') and dump it in a room full of drugs booze and eager
> members of the opposite sex for a bit and I bet 85% (the return rate)
> turns out to be the chance they'll get badly burned by the experience of
> 'freedom'. "Gee take me back to the simple (if slightly dull) life that
> I understand and am not afraid of, so I can rationalise my avoidance of
> *that* scary nightmare that wasn't half as much fun close up"...
Chris, I'm afraid the programme you watched was long on fantasy and short on
facts. Where in the world did you see this???
Lawrence
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