Re: virus: Models

John ''Storm of Drones'' Williams (prefect@tricon.net)
Thu, 12 Jun 1997 18:11:39 -0400


>Did you have a bad experience with an institution as a child :-) But
>seriously,
>what connotations of "institution" do you have? And why not "church"? Don't
>most churches refer to the congregation, i.e. a group of people?

David: most Churches I know of refer to a "faith" community, or ironically
refer to themselves as churches to satarize the concept of a church. There
are connotations of worship in any organization that calls itself a church,
reguardless of whether or not it is actually a "real" church: ie, the
"Church of Gillian Anderson," being a group that worships Gillian Anderson.
It's toungue in cheek, but the implications *are* intended.

Perhaps you know of several counterexamples.

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