Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19991130150615.014b814c@popmail.mcs.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 15:06:15 -0600
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
From: Aaron Lynch <aaron@mcs.net>
Subject: Re: A 'Millennium Thought Contagion'
In-Reply-To: <SIMEON.9911301000.C@muahost.uwe.ac.uk>
At 10:49 AM 11/30/99 -0500, Nick Rose wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>I've been receiving this irritating example of 'Millennium
>Though Contagion' every so often for a few months now -
>despite numerous attempts to stop people from sending me
>this stuff. Rather than a straight forward chain letter
>(usually sent by a mis-guided friend) this seems to get
>mailed to me from complete strangers.
>
>Does anyone recognise this techno-religious nonsense or
>know anything more about it's origin or why I might have
>been mailed it so many times?
>
>I hope these people won't be too disappointed when the
>world doesn't end on Jan 1st ;)
>
>Nick
Hi Nick.
Robert Lavelle seems to be using highly centralized, "cold" communication
from an unknown source (himself) to recipients he has never met and with
whom he has never had mutual correspondence--i.e., mutual strangers and
unknowns. His mailing lists may number in the thousands or millions, but
that may be what it takes to win a conversion to his peculiar version of
apocalyptic thought. (Though he may pass on component memes with greater
frequency.)
I paste below a Robert Lavelle specimen from before his discovery of
Y2K--that is, the recombinant propagation of Y2K memes to Lavelle. His more
recent postings go into my Y2K specimens folder. Before, I merely forwarded
to the Department of Enriched Thinking...
Some of the more interesting Y2K ideas spreading by word of mouth include
assertions that artificial satellites will come crashing out of orbit on
January 1!
--Aaron
EMAIL SPECIMEN:
From: rlavelle@tomco.net
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 20:51:31 -0500 (EST)
To: rlavelle@tomco.net
Subject: THE UNIVERSE
. .
.
* THE UNIVERSE*
***The discovery of the understanding of the universe***
***You will Love it ! ***
2
E=MC The equation for the atom bomb. It says that matter and energy are the
same thing. So then what is that? Matter, look at a brick. Its in a three
dimensional
form. Its made of electrons, protons and neutrons (atoms) and they are
moving so
the brick is moving. Energy, sunlight. Its in a three dimensional form. It
comes to us
from the sun therefore it is moving. 3D and moving Both matter and energy
are 3D
and moving. I outproduce Einstein. We already know all matter has gravity. The
bending of light shows that energy also has gravity. So matter and energy are
3D moving with gravity. The universe is made of matter, energy, time and
space.
That just stated is the matter and energy part. Time and space. Take
everything
in the universe and stop it. Does time progress? No. Therefore time is the
motion
and the understanding of all the motion is the understanding of all of
time. Space.
Space ends. Space does not go on forever. Space is in a three dimensional
form.
Space moves but does not have gravity. Space moves like this. O /\ +
\/ O
And that is the understanding of all of time.
O This is what was first, in the beginning.
/\ This is the old kings and queens.
+ This is democracy.
\/ This is socialism.
O This is when the Lord Jesus Christ returns.
And that is the understanding of the universe. Glory be to the Father the
Son and
the Holy Ghost. Revelation chapter 10 & 11;15-19. It is very important the
people
receive this information. You may tell someone about this.
Thank You
Robert Lavelle
END SPECIMEN
>**********************************************************
>You have 2 months to live.
>Are you comfortable? Got enough food in the house?
>Electricity working? Got fuel for the car?
>Well come January 1, 2000 all that is going to change.
>
>Well that little Y2K problem is going to collapse all the
>economies in the world. No more food, electricity, fuel,
>communications etc. all those things are going to shut down
>like that "snap" (maybe a week or so) with them
>multi-warheads flying around and everybody eating
>everybody and the survival of the fittest will become the
>law until the antichrist takes over the world.
>
>YOU CAN STAY HERE FOR THAT
>IT'S BEST TO GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE THAT HAPPENS
>
>BUT THE RAPTURE WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL
>THE UNIVERSE IS PROPERLY DISPLAYED
>
>STAND UP AND OPEN YOUR MOUTH !
>
>THE UNIVERSE SPACE ENDS & MOVES O /\ + \/ O
>The discovery of the understanding of the universe.
> 2
>E=MC The equation for the atom bomb. It says that matter
>and energy are the same thing. So then what is that?
>Matter, look at a brick. Its in a three dimensional form.
>Its made of electrons, protons and neutrons (atoms) and
>they are moving so the brick is moving. Energy, sunlight.
>Its in a three dimensional form. It comes to us from the
>sun therefore it is moving. 3D and moving Both matter and
>energy are 3D and moving. I outproduce Einstein. We already
>know all matter has gravity. The bending of light shows
>that energy also has gravity. So matter and energy are 3D
>moving with gravity. The universe is made of matter,
>energy, time and space. That just stated is the matter and
>energy part. Time and space. Take everything in the
>universe and stop it. Does time progress? No. Therefore
>time is the motion and the understanding of all the motion
>is the understanding of all of time. Space. Space ends.
>Space does not go on forever. Space is in a three
>dimensional form. Space moves but does not have gravity.
>Space moves like this. O /\ + \/ O And that is the
>understanding of time. O This is what was first, in
>the beginning. /\ This is the old kings and queens.
>+ This is democracy. \/ This is socialism. O This
>is when the Lord Jesus Christ returns. And that is the
>understanding of the universe. Glory be to the Father the
>Son and the Holy Ghost. Revelation chapter 10&11;15-19. It
>is very important the people receive this information. You
>may tell someone about this.
>Thank You Robert Lavelle
>
>----------------------------------------
>Nick Rose
>Email: Nicholas.Rose@uwe.ac.uk
>"University of the West of England"
>
>
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