----- Original Message ----- From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 12:28 PM Subject: Re: Mindless and Heartless
> > Dan Minette wrote: > > > > Why not entertain the possibility, to use Brin's language, > > that a person who has many fine qualities and whom you > > like has been infected with a dangerous meme? One that has > > been so intertwined into the woof and warf of Western > > Civilization, that it is difficult to extract it > > in a generation or two. > > > I usually think so about myself. I _know_ that I was infected > with many such memes. What I fear most is that I know that > I am not aware of some of those memes. Agreed. That's one of the reasons its good to have friends from many different backgrounds to provide a reality check for one's own views. It's not as though having good Jewish friends means that you can't be infected with anti-Semitism; it's that having good Jewish friends means that you have folks who can knock you over the head with a 2x4 if you do start spouting that sort of nonsense. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
