Re: THEORY: Browsing at Borders Public Library
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 11, 1999, 23:56 |
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Eli Naeher wrote:
> not only are the people aware of their heritage
> as the descendants of criminals, they consider their own existence a sin
> for which they hope to redeem themselves by devolving into an animal
> state.
>
> The same general feeling exists among the Swlos. They are shameful; they
> are unworthy; they have been 'cast out into the wilderness,' and rightly
> so.
Dang! Sounds like a couple of really depressing cultures. How would
they keep that feeling? Surely some people would say "Hey, we're not so
bad", and attract followers, or at least it seems that there'd by some
rituals by which they would gain worthiness?
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