Re: Is the media killing the Arts?

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HellPopeHuey@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Zapanaz wrote:
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> >> I guess McLuhan WAS right, the medium IS the message!
> 
>   That definitively explains why Usenet is like yelling into a mirror 
> and telling your reflection how totally FUGLY it is. That's 
> understandable if you are Wilford Brimley, but I make Fabio look like 
> Timmy from "South Park," so what the **** is up there? Must be the 
> defective plate they put in my head at the time of my 12th resurrection.

> No, that's not true, I hate you all. That's the spirit, s****t. I vote 
> for acquital.

i think this para above is the most reasonable 
interpretation of the evidence...

aside - interesting how some this subject 
spark large chunks of meta-programming in 
parabolic arcs which end up trying to define 
the indefinable...a mirror, indeed...or a 
black hole....

the webtrance meme, for example....take this 
slightly hallucinogenic notion of sitting in 
the middle of the night and communing with 
yourself, while peripherally something 
coalesces into a shape you cognise from 15 
years ago...

or break out beyond ASCII and read the whole 
story here

http://undergrowth.org/user/schwann_cybershama
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