From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Sun Dec 26 1999 - 07:01:41 MST
Bear in mind, though, that a case (true or not) has been made that the game
plan of, e.g., the Roman Catholic Church in this century has been to
promote religious tolerance, forbearance and diversity until The Church has
the memetic upper hand in a specific locale, and then push like crazy for a
congruent secular agenda. It makes strategic sense.
[Riffing on Lenny Bruce:] Pray tell, how could it be otherwise for "the
only '_The_ Church'"?
MMB
>Maybe a more refined model would be that small groups carrying a meme
>that seek to be part of society and maybe eventually memetically
>dominate it have an advantage in tolerance, while small groups that
>seek just to propagate themselves (as many sects) have an advantage in
>intolerance (since it keeps members in and bad memes out). If the
>ideology dominates society, the tolerance level will be determined by
>other factors (what memes are dominant, politics, culture etc).
>
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