[ExI] Question from a neophyte
natasha at natasha.cc
natasha at natasha.cc
Mon Mar 8 22:15:13 UTC 2010
Sorry - I was not referring to a difference, or your seeing a
difference. I was looking at the issue of "addiction", which is not
the same as a compulsion or habit or rictualistic act of Aztec kings.
Natasha
Quoting Jeff Davis <heavensblade23 at gmail.com>:
>> Woah! That is really stretching Jeff!
>>
>> Let's reel 'er back in a bit. Max - want to explain morphological
>> freedom, since you are its originator?
>
> I'm not saying *I* don't see the difference, I'm saying your average person
> might not (and by and large I think it bears remembering that they outnumber
> us). It took the general public quite some time to even accept a simple
> navel ring as normative.
>
>
>
> "This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There
> may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles, but
> ours seems to be based on war and games. All games are basically hostile.
> Winners and losers.
> We see them all around us: the winners and the losers. The losers can
> oftentimes become winners, and the winners can very easily become losers.."
> - William S. Burroughs
>
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