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From: <the_logos@www.achaea.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 09:21:36 +0000 (GMT)
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, J C Lawrence wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 05:44:27 +0000 (GMT)
> the logos <the_logos@www.achaea.com> wrote:
>> I don't buy that. A community is more than just the viral spread of
>> information. Me going to Pakistan and talking about how we live in
>> Mill Valley does not make anyone I've talked to a part of the
>> community of Mill Valley (assuming there is one).
> If you speak persuasively enough the people in Pakistan will feel
> kinship with Mill Valley and thus a sense of shared community with
> the Mill Valley inhabitants. This is of course a skill normally
> practiced by politicians and relief agencies.
I don't think that a feeling of kinship (particularly when it's only
one way) makes for a community.
--matt
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