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Excerpts from netnews.alt.cyberpunk: 12-Jul-95 Re: A show of hands
(ME!!, .. by Omar Haneef '[email protected]
> If punk is an anti-estabilishment attitude, and cyber- is a prefix that
> denotes the embracing of technology then cyberpunk should be an
> anti-estabilishment embracing of technology. However, I am not sure where
> the technology fits in with preventing punks from "rotting in their juices."
> i.e. if cyberpunk is like a technopunk with the fat trimmed then what part
> of the cyberpunk attitude helps the cyberpunk be more than "just" a punk?
That's a nice little theory, but "cyber" doesn not denote the embracing
of technology. If A & B, then C. If A is true, and B is false, the nwe
cannot determine the validity of C.
Punks don't get out enough. Punk culture is inbred. Cyberpunks tend to
be a bit more varied.
Jer
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