Re: Heroism
Prof. Gomes (profgomes@geocities.com)
Tue, 03 Feb 1998 22:15:07
At 14:40 03/02/98 -0800, you wrote:
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>I might add though that a similar effect is involved in the spread of the
>memes for serial killing and for suicidal terrorism. The meme causes
>an act whose notoriety spreads the meme widely. It then only needs to
>take root in a few individuals to survive.
>
>Of course, heroes are praised, while serial killers are condemned. So
>there is more involved than just this simple memetic competition. But
>the cases do share some similarities in how the memes spread.
>
>Hal
>
>
For example: Jesus' story..... nicht war ???
Gomes.