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Re: Exclusionary Themes
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Sat, 4 Dec 1999 11:41:47 GMT
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On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Richard Franks (<FM7F7H.28y@lugnet.com>) wrote at
06:54:53
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> Can we go back to being a happy little stress-free group? The American rivalry
> started off cutely, but in reality it is a very real form of prejudice, and
> therefore not very cute at all.
*Everybody* is prejudiced about something. The trick is to know you are.
But I agree. There's been a bit too much negativity washing about here
recently.
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> The problem being that with any form of group mentality more and more people
> start taking it seriously, which has an interesting feedback effect. See
> Dawkins for a more in-depth discussion of memes and why prejudicial ideas in
> particular flourish.
Careful, Richard. You're beginning to sound a bit priggish.
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> It's just hit a bit of a raw nerve, thats all.
We've all got *them* as well.
The quote I keep on coming back to is Jack Nicholson in Mars Attacks:
"Why can't we all just - get along?"
Although I don't think any anti-American sentiment would last long here
:-)
--
Tony Priestman
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| (...) Yeah, I do have a disturbing self-righteous streak sometimes ;) If it hadn't been so late I might have phrased it differently - sorry if the way I said it got up anyones nose! Richard (27 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) What is wrong with prejudice? :-D It's discrimination which is far worse. (...) I know and I hate it. (...) Hopefully not, as long as they don't keep creating pointless morality debates here - putting them in the proper newsgroups. I know a UK (...) (27 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| Can we go back to being a happy little stress-free group? The American rivalry started off cutely, but in reality it is a very real form of prejudice, and therefore not very cute at all. The problem being that with any form of group mentality more (...) (27 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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