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   Message 1,567 of 2,235   
   ghost to Ross Winn   
   Re: Updating Cyberpunk   
   24 Feb 05 19:21:02   
   
   From: ghostGARBAGE@bitstreamnetMOREGARBAGE.com   
      
   In article   
   ,   
    Ross Winn  wrote:   
      
   > In article   
   > ,   
   >  Ross Winn  wrote:   
   >   
   > > In article ,   
   > >  EskWIRED@spamblock.panix.com wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > Interesting.  I saw it as a deviant subculture, wherein the literature   
   > > > was only one medium of expression.   
   > >   
   > > I saw the rise of the "geek" as a dominant social paradigm as pretty   
   > > pedestrian. While most of the people I met in Tampa, NYC, and SF who   
   > > identified themselves as cyberpunks were off-center and usually didn't   
   > > bathe or depilate regularly. It could be that my experience was   
   > > singular, but I have always wondered.   
   >   
   > Does no one else have an opinion?   
      
   Not really... I've no real interest in updating cyberpunk, or any   
   'movement' for that matter... I'm to busy living my life.   
      
      
   ghost   
      
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