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At 11:57 AM 3/5/2006, eric wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I'm not particularly interested
in hearing discussions of specific<br>
beliefs of specific cults (where the ufo's come from, or what
they're<br>
doing or whatever). I would like to see discussion of how cults
and<br>
religions manage to exercise so much control over so many human<br>
minds. There, I think details of techniques are appropriate to<br>
discuss.</blockquote><br>
Good point. I stand corrected. (Especially if ufo-type stuff is
avoided.)<br><br>
Natasha<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">-eric<br>
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<dd><font size=2><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Natasha
</a><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Vita-More</a>
<dd>Cultural Strategist - Designer
<dd>Future Studies, University of Houston
<dd>President, <a href="http://www.extropy.org/">Extropy Institute</a>
<dd>Member, <a href="http://www.profuturists.com/">Association of
Professional Futurists</a>
<dd>Founder, <a href="http://www.transhumanist.biz/">Transhumanist Arts
& Culture</a> <br><br>
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<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><i>If you draw a circle in the
sand and study only what's inside the circle, then that is a
closed-system perspective. If you study what is inside the circle and
everything outside the circle, then that is an open system perspective. -
</i>Buckminster Fuller<br>
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