I didn't intend to imply that horses were the problem, I was trying to
address the fact that consumer culture is not entirely a product of the
automobile/road/shopping mall/television constellation. There have been
other vehicles in the past which drive the consumption machinery, and the
arrival of the horse is an important one. (I happen to like horses alot,
and even though I'm half French Canadian, I've never eaten horsemeat, at
least I don't think I have. I did eat buffalo once.).
I have read a little of the military origins of the internet for a project.
Wasn't Arapanet "invented" so that military communication could continue
after a nuclear strike? I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on
this.
Eve
>On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Eve Andree Laramee wrote:
>
>> When horses were brought to the Americas from Europe,
>> the men who "drove" them consumed the indigenous cultures (or tried real
>> hard to).
>>
8/18/97 at 5:04 pm Greg Ulmer wrote:
>The horses encountered by the Native Americans were a by-product as you said
>Eve of the colonization of the continent by Europeans. It took some
>centuries for the disaster to arrive.
> The Military origins of the internet was noted at some point on this
>list. Perhaps we are like those Plains Indians who were granted a century
>of mastery over their environment before they were destroyed by the donor
>of the gift.
> Or maybe we are like the French who enjoy horseflesh for dinner.
>for the emerAgency
>Greg Ulmer
>
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