government / weird science

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From: maa32 <maa32 at dana.ucc.nau.edu>
Subject: (urth) government / weird science
Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2002 15:16:29 -0700
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This is a pretty interesting debate on rebellion and government in the=20
Autarchy.  People seem to be getting a little heated about it now.  Just ke=
ep=20
in mind that a "just" fascist system might not be so bad for some people.=20
Instead of pulling people down to the lowest common denominator, it allows =
the=20
rigid and stratified class identities that Wolfe loves so much to thrive an=
d=20
be enforced with impunity (as we've clearly seen in that Tolkien essay).  T=
hen=20
we have Malrubius' little lesson in which loyalty to the person of the supr=
eme=20
monarch is obviously based on love and devotion, whereas loyalty to the gro=
up=20
leads to a loss of individuality and devalues love and respect - in Malrubi=
us'=20
presentation of the forms of government, you don't need to respect ANYONE i=
f=20
everyone is equal ... besides, all the best modernist poets were fascists. =20
Of course, none of this has anything to do with MY politics.  I really=20
probably shouldn't even send this.  Oh well.

Speaking of Lamarck, recent research has shown that some hormones in the=20
mother's womb can affect the development of the brain in male children and=20
increase their homosexual proclivities - and this hormone level alters=20
depending upon how many children the mother has previously had, therefore h=
er=20
behavior directly affects expression in her children within one generation =
-=20
and it affects phenotype: the pointer finger and ring finger of children=20
affected by this increased hormone level will be approximately the same=20
length, whereas those exposed to lower levels will have greater variation i=
n=20
finger length.  Pretty odd, huh?

Oh, for Rostrum: perhaps someday you will buy my tree hybridization and my=20
blue/ushas theory - it doesn't matter to me, but the next time you read the=20
entire text, pay attention to the trees.  They pop up EVERYWHERE, but they =
are=20
easy to miss if you aren't watching our for them.

Marc Aramini

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