Re: virus: Tabacco mind virus.

Tony Hindle (t.hindle@joney.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 5 Aug 1997 00:46:26 +0100


In message <Pine.SUN.3.93.970803212611.8253F-100000@eve.speakeasy.org>,
Tim Rhodes <proftim@speakeasy.org> writes
>
>People will come and go. Lives begin, last for a short time, and then
>end. A meme can survive a thousand lifetimes. When I act outside the
>needs of my self, it is often for the benifit of such lasting things.

Bollox. There is no self, you are an illusion, you cannot act
outside the needs of yourself. Or to put it another way, your "self"
needs to think some kind of memes can be left after "it" has gone.
>
>Contributing to the /belief/ that <murder is a positive force> (regardless
>of whether it is of not) is not a meme I want to bear my name a thousand
>years hence.

OK, so you wouldnt do it, but I reckon some people would and I
still havent been persuaded it is not a good thing.

Tony