> BTW, recognizing and appreciating the > contributions of a particular person to the toys and tools of humanity does > not necessarily make the acknowledger a cultist! It might just be gratitude.
someone embracing a "cult of personality" doesn't imply membership in a cult (or being a cultist), though membership in a cult usually involves a cult of personality. Cults do stuff like limiting one's communication with relatives and friends (while grabbing as much of your money as they can), while a cult of personality simply exaggerates some individual's importance or benevolence. Usually it's for propaganda or advertising purposes. I would be that Apple computer deliberately CULTivated the cult of personality around Jobs. But, as in the old cliche, all of us are mere dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants. Steve Jobs was no exception. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
