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Wally Day <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:37:52 -0800
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> That is all my point ,i suggest that inside and
> outside are the same . they
> are 2 sides of the same coin , a reflection of each
> other .

I would prefer to think of them as different coins
with different denominations. They are still both
coins - they can be used together in some transactions
(synergistic thinking), but not in other transactions
(critical thinking).

>  viruses are the product of the cell they don't have
> a life of their own.

Hmmm? Certain viruses can survive indefinitely without
a "host".

> i don't see that much serenity in the (who cares
> ...) mor an arrogance , but

Perhaps that was an incorrect term to use. Let's try
"indifference" instead. The point is that one reacts
to the outside influence and the other does not.

> If the information brought by the virus have been
> integrated by one individual
> it is normal that this information want to spread,
> being shared by others <snip>.

You're proposing that the virus is merely a messenger
between cells? That it "carries" genetic information
(DNA) from one cell to another - a microscopic FedEx
system? Do you think the new cell receives and then
incorporates the DNA into itself? (I'm not familiar
with this theory).

> there is genetic diversity  and unity brought by
> sexual reproduction and i
> foresee viruses as "uniformity force" to maintain
> some unity inside a
> species <snip>

I think you're saying that the virus is a "tool" used
by (nature? evolution? god?) to enforce natural
selection within a species? An evolutionary referee?

> what i want to say is that there is no such thing as
> "disease " organisms ,
> the disease is  in the RELATIONSHIP  between the 2
> entities,  the <snip>

So, one week the ebola virus may be my friend, and the
next week it is my enemy? I'm sorry, to me that is a
far too chaotic view of the universe. Taken to an
extreme it would mean that the "friendly" bacteria
inside me could "turn against me" at any time?

> that is exactelly this kind of perception that
> create the problem in the
> first place , by choosing a relationship of rivalry
> it becomes a reality.

Sometimes one does not "choose" a relationship of
rivalry - it is thrust upon one. If a wild animal
attacks me because I have wandered into its territory
I am forced to react to it. I do not have to consider
it a "rival" - I may simply choose to avoid it in the
future.

> and in that kind of relatonship i guarantee you that
> the virus the bacterias
> will have the last word in front of more elaborate
> forms of life

If that were truly the case, then I don't think the
more elaborate forms of life would ever develop.

<snip>
> inapropriate to transmit what i have to say may be i
> should send a virus

My anti-virus software won't allow that :)

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