Note to Keith: saying "meme" a lot doesn't make you intelligible.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Henson > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 10:13 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Meta Level was Winning the War on Terror > > At 03:34 PM 30/03/04 -0800, you wrote: > > > > The truth is that sufficient violence ends violence. > > > > > > That is true enough. But that only works when you can seal the > > > outlines of the geographical area and flood the same with your > > > troops. > > > >It also works if you are violent enough to convince the rest of them > >they need to knock if off or they're next. Remember, we > don't want to > >occupy and control these countries. And the violence we've already > >visited on them has made a few of them blink (like Qaddafi Duck). > > > > > > I prefer to give them a memory of a mushroom cloud over Medina > > > > that will make them remember that they shouldn't fuck > with the adults. > > Quick comment on Mike's postings and related material such as > America the Theocracy. > > This spread of xenophobic memes such as Mike advances is to > be expected for both being attacked and widespread belief in > a tribe substitute (nation) that the future is bleak. The > US's economic situation--converting to a third world income > distribution--is such that a huge number of people in the US > have seen their incomes fall. > > If I am right about the way human psychological traits map > from the tribal days, this is one of the two things that > increase the circulation of > xenophobic memes. The other one is being attacked. The > evolved purpose > of spreading xenophobic memes was to sync a tribe's warriors > up to attack. > > If the build up of xenophobic memes continues long enough, > the US will see massive public support for attacks that will > kill millions, perhaps hundreds of millions. Hunter gatherer > tribes would sometimes kill everyone in an attacking tribe > though they usually just killed the males. > > Will it go that far? It's hard to say, it certainly did in Rwanda. > > Keith Henson > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
