On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Robin Harwood wrote:
> Jim--I love the climate/weather analogy. The "climate" perspective
> seems to imply not only a longer period of time, but also seems to
> look for meaningful patterns over a larger geographical region as
> well. "Weather" occurs outside my front door, but "climate" is
> something that can be said to characterize the entire state of
> Connecticut; moreover, I can visit Virginia and "compare" the "climates"
> (i.e., the larger weather patterns) of the two states.
>
> This is interesting to me, because I have heard some people argue
> that it is meaningless to look for cultural patterns any larger
> than two people interacting at a given point in time. The climate/
> weather analogy, however, seems to suggest otherwise...
>
> Robin
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