Yep, its real worrisome.
mike
On 9/21/06, Cunningham, Donald James <cunningh@indiana.edu> wrote:
>
> The way things are going in the US, I'm beginning to wonder about the
> fit to democracy here as well..........djc
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
> On Behalf Of Phil Chappell
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 10:34 PM
> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> Subject: Re: [xmca] Online archive
>
> Hi Don,
>
> Yes, it has all been a bit surreal. Thailand has had nearly 20
> military coups, and there appears to be general acceptance of them as
> a means to "give power back to the people" after a megalomaniac
> leader has assumed too much power, and all the trappings that go with
> that power, including extrajudicial killings in the thousands and
> blatant theft. Fortunately this one was not nearly as violent as
> previous ones (1992), but there has no doubt been a lot covered up -
> extended periods of automatic gunfire heard overnight left
> unexplained, for example. Now the country is being run by a military
> that is claiming to represent the monarchy in protecting the people
> and the monarch. The constitution that was written and debated and
> was considered progressive and liberating has been ditched, the
> leader's main cronies have been locked up, a new prime minister is
> being installed, and all sorts of people are being ordered to report
> to the army headquarters for further orders. I am sure many others in
> XMCA are familiar with these situations. In fact, a rather
> insensitive colleague who has spent time in Sth. America claimed that
> this coup was not a real one, and went on to tell me what it was
> lacking. I have no answers, but democracy seems to be an ill fit in
> many Asian contexts which I am familiar with.
>
> Phil
> On 21/09/2006, at 8:18 AM, Cunningham, Donald James wrote:
>
> > WOW! Thanks Phil, what a great resource.
> >
> > This is by no means as rare but I really found them to be very
> > interesting:
> >
> > http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200609/150-tech
> >
> > I have the full length articles if any of you are interested.
> >
> > PS: these must be interesting times in Thailand. Anything you can
> > share?
> >
> >
> > Don Cunningham
> > Indiana University
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
> > On Behalf Of Phil Chappell
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 8:47 PM
> > To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> > Subject: [xmca] Online archive
> >
> > Legends online
> >
> > IT WAS a celebrated experiment demonstrating the electrical nature of
> > lightning. And it's just gone electronic.
> >
> > Benjamin Franklin's 1752 paper describing how he conducted lightning
> > with a kite is one of hundreds of landmark scientific papers now
> > available to the public in an electronic archive compiled by the
> > Royal Society in London. The papers date back 340 years to the first
> > scientific journal, Philosophical Transactions, published in 1665.
> > Among them is Edmund Halley's description in 1705 of the comet named
> > after him; Isaac Newton's invention of the reflecting telescope; the
> > first paper published by Stephen Hawking and details of the DNA
> > double helix published in 1954 by James Watson and Francis Crick.
> >
> > Free for two months from 14 September, the archive includes reports
> > of the discovery of penicillin and proposals for blood transfusions
> > penned in 1665 by Robert Boyle, to see "whether a fierce dog stocked
> > with the blood of a cowardly dog may become more tame". The archive
> > is at www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/archive.
> >
> >
> >
> > Announced in
> >
> > The New Scientist
> > Volume 191, Issue 2569 , 16 September 2006, Page
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