From: Olga Bourlin (fauxever@sprynet.com)
Date: Wed Jun 18 2003 - 11:59:54 MDT
From: <Dehede011@aol.com>
> In a message dated 6/18/2003 12:49:00 AM Central Standard Time,
> fauxever@sprynet.com writes: woo woo doesn't stand up well in the light of
rationality,
> reason, materialism, science, common sense, practicality, intellectual
maturity
> or mental health, but that doesn't preclude its unparalleled popularity.
>
> Olga,
> I read your email and I am totally mystifyed. The last time I
heard
> someone refer to "woo woo" they were referring to sex. If that is your
> reference then I have to agree with much of what you say. On the other
hand woo woo > does seem to promote mental health or at least mental
satisfaction.
The success of sex as a function speaks (out of the mouths of 6 billion and
counting) for itself (never mind whatever little fun one can occasionally
eke out of if even if not for the sake of procreation). So I certainly
wasn't referring to sex.
Woo woo as I usually hear it means:
http://www.insolitology.com/tests/dictionary.htm
... e.g., astrology, talking to dead people, bribing nonexistent
superentities, reading tarot cards or palms or tea leaves, charming snakes,
gazing at crystal balls, feng shui, and the other ... usual suspects.
Massive monuments have been erected to woo woo all over the world. Many of
these monuments are heartrendingly beautiful, but as I see them - they are
monuments to the laborers who built them, the architects who designed them,
and they are both a sad and uplifting commentary of our condition.
Olga
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