Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id QAA10797 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:14:06 GMT X-Originating-IP: [137.110.248.206] From: "Grant Callaghan" <grantc4@hotmail.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: RE: playing at suicide Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:09:36 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <LAW2-F58zVFV3tN0eII0001ee58@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Jan 2002 16:09:37.0078 (UTC) FILETIME=[5DC39D60:01C19ABA] Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 06:33:12 -0800
>
><<give me an example
>of a meme that is NOT a tool.>>
>
>I suspect your definition of "tool" is broad enough to include everything,
>but given names are a nice example of memes that spread without much regard
>to their utility to the host.
>
If a businessman like yourself can't see how given or any other names are
used to confer status and establish identity on a person or a product, you
must not be awake yet. ;-)> I refer you to HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND
INFLUENCE PEOPLE and what it has to say about names. If that's not using
them as a tool, I don't know what is.
Grant
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