RE: virus: Honesty vs. Parasitism
Dan Plante (danp@ampsc.com)
Fri, 07 Feb 1997 20:10:15 -0800
At 08:39 PM 2/6/97 -0800, Tadeusz Niwinski wrote:
>Richard wrote:
>>David, I truly appreciate your hanging in with us. The reason you feel
>>attacked is that you are on the verge of a Level-3 breakthrough and your
>>Level-2 mindset (ego) is turning its defense mechanisms on full bore. I
>>believe most of the participants here appreciate your honesty and
>>rationality and simply want to share the value of the memetics paradigm
>>with you.
>
>Level-3 FAQ:
>
>Q: What is Level-3?
>A: Read my book.
>
>Q: I have. Can you explain what you mean?
>A: Sorry, you are not able to understand it, because you are on level-2 (do
>you feel the tingling? See...). Come to my workshop.
>
>Q: Can you prove existence of Level-3?
>A: No, you have to believe it first.
>
>Q: Do *you* believe it?
>A: Me?! Man, this is crap! Of course I don't believe it!
>
>Q: Are you a parasite?
>A: Of course not. I only earn $9.98 a month (nobody comes to my workshops
>anymore). Do not accuse me of doing it for money. I do it as my life's
>purpose.
>
>Q: What is you life's purpose?
>A: You are not able to understand it unless you are on Level-3.
>
>Go to question one -- or get out of this list! This is my Church and those
>level-1 chimps are MINE!
HAR! This is f'ing RICH! I love it! Good one, Tad.
Easy now, Richard.... remember what you said about a 'sense of humor'....;-)
In the immortal words of Rodney King:
"Can't we all just g-g-get along?"
Okay, everybody, big group-hug....okay, now, kiss 'n makeup!
************* S M O O C H! ****************
Dan
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