Re: good apocalyptic quote

Those are interesting.

Jan called. She is starting a couple of days in Provance. Then to London on the 5th before coming home. She has a hostle and is planning a couple of artist tours. She asked me to get her a hotel in Chicago, and I will. I think I will get Patti a chicken caesar from Einstein's for dinner. What time do you get home?

>>> mleventhal[_at_]squadronlaw.com 08/01/00 04:55PM >>>

On Mon, Jul 31, 2000, Maurice York <york[_at_]bard.edu> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, James Rogers <jetan[_at_]ionet.net> wrote:
> >
> > I found this on the Zeropaid website and thought that it was a bit
> > funny. The speaker is allegedly AOL honcho Richard Parsons. Does
> > anyone know the source of the quote?
> >
> > "If not stopped, the 21 million-plus and growing (Napster &
> > Gnutella) community could usher in a cultural apocalypse that
> > threatens to plunge the world into darkness not seen since the
> > turn of the last millennium."
>
> Yes, the quote is funny -- there was no darkness at the turn of the
> last millenium. On the contrary, those living in Europe at the turn

> of the first millenium saw the event as the dawning of a new age of
> light and hope in which the white walls of churches (the signs and
> standards of culture) spread and covered the land "like a blanket
> of snow."

Not only that, but, of course, the rest of the world outside the backwater that was Western Europe was flourishing throughout the "Dark Ages."

Michael Leventhal
Michael[_at_]wiredlaw.com
<mleventhal[_at_]squadronlaw.com> Received on Wed Aug 02 2000 - 21:07:16 GMT