Re: [Futurework] Daniel Quinn: Radical Hair-Shirt Armageddonist

2006-04-28 Thread Christoph Reuss
Brad McCormick wrote: > > The debates that the CSM refers to > > are about unconstitutional activities and dangers of certain religious > > splinter groups rather than about the relations between religions and > > secularism in general. > > When the new pope was being elected, the 3 main > conc

[Futurework] Fw: Solzhenitsyn

2006-04-28 Thread Ed Weick
  - Original Message - From: Ed Weick To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 7:09 AM Subject: Solzhenitsyn This is an ancient Russian fear and it's well grounded in Russian history.  Over the centuries, Russia has been attacked by the Mongols from the east, by the Tur

RE: [Futurework] Daniel Quinn: Radical Hair-Shirt Armageddonist

2006-04-28 Thread Lawrence de Bivort
Chris, do you have a citation for your quote from Kahane? Re. the Christian Science Monitor: in fairness, the CSM has and deservedly so one of the best reputations for reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Middle East, and the 'Third World.' The word "Christian" in the name of the

[Futurework] FW: [Ottawadissenters] Solzhenitsyn

2006-04-28 Thread Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
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RE: [Futurework] Advertising and more

2006-04-28 Thread Lawrence de Bivort
I would expand the notion of advertising into the cultural, non-commercial realm. Political parties, religious organizations, NGOs, professional sports organizations, etc. are all advertising their products or agendas. And people are pretty naked before these things. We have developed some protect

RE: [Futurework] Advertising and more

2006-04-28 Thread Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
Or that with enough love and patience we can all get along in a pluralistic society. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawrence de Bivort Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 10:55 AM To: 'FUTUREWORK (E-mail)' Subject: RE: [Futurework] Advertising and

RE: [Futurework] Daniel Quinn: Radical Hair-Shirt Armageddonist

2006-04-28 Thread Karen Watters Cole
FYI  CSM About Us http://www.christiansciencemonitor.com/aboutus/about_the_monitor.html     I have always found the CSM fair and balanced.  It also provides more analysis than many other papers.   Arthur   ___ Futurework mailing list

RE: [Futurework] Daniel Quinn: Radical Hair-Shirt Armageddonist

2006-04-28 Thread Christoph Reuss
> Chris, do you have a citation for your quote from Kahane? The quoted phrases are contained in a Kahane interview titled "Israel's Ayatollahs: Meir Kahane and the Far Right in Israel" online at http://www.kahane.org/meir/interview.htm Lawry, I look forward to your analysis of my forward on neo-

RE: [Futurework] Advertising and more

2006-04-28 Thread Verdon.JBV
And even more to the point is the corosiveness of the medium of advertising - whatever the worthiness of the cause. Advertising is like an incantation meant to penetrate one's boundaries and be incorporated into one's sense of self. This 'pattern' is very much like the HIV virus with its consequ

RE: [Futurework] Daniel Quinn: Radical Hair-Shirt Armageddonist

2006-04-28 Thread Christoph Reuss
> FYI CSM About Us > http://www.christiansciencemonitor.com/aboutus/about_the_monitor.html This makes it pretty clear that the word "Science" in "CSM" is false advertising. "Christian Science", as defined there, has about as much to do with science as "Intelligent Design" has to do with intellig

Re: [Futurework] Daniel Quinn: Radical Hair-Shirt Armageddonist

2006-04-28 Thread Ed Weick
However it got started and whatever it's name means, the CSM is one of the best and most objective newspapers going. Ed FYI CSM About Us http://www.christiansciencemonitor.com/aboutus/about_the_monitor.html This makes it pretty clear that the word "Science" in "CSM" is false advertising. "

Re: [Futurework] Daniel Quinn: Radical Hair-Shirt Armageddonist

2006-04-28 Thread Christoph Reuss
> However it got started and whatever it's name means, the CSM is one of the > best and most objective newspapers going. Yeah, that means much in America... Chris ___ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailma

RE: [Futurework] Advertising and more

2006-04-28 Thread Lawrence de Bivort
John, agreed. I'd push the argument even a bit further: the ubiquity of advertising teaches by example that self-celebration, exaggeration, deceit, and self-promotion are OK. Is it any surprise that ordinary people too often reflect these values, and continue to do so if they come to prominence. P

RE: [Futurework] Advertising and more

2006-04-28 Thread Christoph Reuss
> I'd push the argument even a bit further: the ubiquity of advertising > teaches by example that self-celebration, exaggeration, deceit, and > self-promotion are OK. Is it any surprise that ordinary people too often > reflect these values, and continue to do so if they come to prominence. > Profes

[Futurework] From slashdot - have you seen article about walmart knobbling Wiki?

2006-04-28 Thread M.Blackmore
For your information to distribute - have you seen this article culled from slashdot about Walmart knobbling wiki? I find this very sinister - I thought Wiki could guard against this sort of thing. If verified marks an important development, though hardly surprising. http://www.whitedust.net/artic

Re: [Futurework] Advertising and more

2006-04-28 Thread Christoph Reuss
Brad McCormick wrote: > I like to think of > psychoanalysis as a *transitional* discipline Doesn't it rather "cement" the status quo? Freud was a predator "par excellence"... Chris ___ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.