----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 9:20 AM Subject: Re: Efficiency in Genocide
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 02:44:10PM +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: > > I prefer The Culture for a reason *sighs*. > > Dawn Falcon > > Cause their loonies, like you? > No Eric, Its because they are light hearted and care very little about very many things. They dont carry arguments on for long, but then they cant carry a serious conversation for long either. OTOH they can carry on a silly conversation for days at a time. The worst thing about Culture is that they are very London centric and there are many threads about who is doing what this weekend, and "where shall we go after meeting at the Pub on friday" which on one hand is quite boring for me (speaking personally here), but it is quite admirable in that they have a real world comraderie (even when they disagree) that is not available to us on Brin-L. I really and truly believe that if we had opportunity to be meatspace friends like we are e-space friends, much of the unpleasantness we have committed upon each other would never have happened. I admit I could be wrong about this, but it does seem to be a great advantage to the Culture crew. The only evidence I have to support this clain for Brin-L is that the people who have invited me to visit (if the chance arises) are the people I seem to hold the greatest affection for. But I admit it is a personal belief. xponent My Friends Know Who They Are Maru rob
