Re: [NTLK] Cults and other fun topics

From: Robert Masters (rdm_at_enfield.lympago.com)
Date: Wed Mar 30 2005 - 12:58:57 PST


On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 10:41:32AM -0800, RossO wrote:
> On Mar 30, 2005, at 7:47 AM, Albert Muniz wrote:
> Yes, it is us. Al Muniz and Hope Schau.
> http://fac.comtech.depaul.edu/amuniz/newton.htm
> > AM: We are still following the Newton saga, only we are being
> > completely mis-represented in the press release about our article.
> What?!?! The Press making a story more sensational than it really is.
> How surprising! <smirk>
<casablanca>Shocked. Shocked, I am. </casablanca>

> > AM: I would like to clear away some deadwood first. For starters, we
> > never called the Newton community a cult.
> Few of us on this list would take umbridge at the 'cult' lable, since
> the theological aspect isn't really part of it. (Except for Robert and
> Frank, of course.)
Whoops! You can drop me from that list - I just track conspiracies for
fun. And you cannot do that for long without running in oddities like
Discordianism and the Church of the Subgenius. Anyway, we Christians are
only 2000 years from having been a cult, which is not very long, really.

> > AM: I'd also be happy to send anyone who wants one a copy of the paper
> > we wrote.
> Al, is there any chance of seeing a PDF of this, perhaps even placed on
> UNNA? If it's quite large, I can host a BitTorrent for it.
Feh! Silly idea. Now seeing a Newtonbook of this on UNNA - that is
worthy! If *someone* (hint, Albert!) bounces me a copy in a not-unreasonable
format (ie not in Postscript or a PDF), I'll happily convert it.

> > AM: It is true! All strong and unified groups love a common enemy,
> > even those groups focused on brands. [...] VW versus Honda (older and
> > more obscure).
> VW vs. Honda is *nothing* compared to air-cooled VWs vs waterpumpers.
> Trust me. :)
Ouch! Too true!

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