Me too, and this was before I had heard of Richard's book or Dawkin's
essay (but after I had read Virus23, the first ever meme 'zine as
far as I know). As I state on the CoV web page:
"The word "virus" has negative connotations for many people
so it may seem odd to name a religion after it. The name was
chosen to be deliberately antagonistic, to put people on their
guard and let them know this idea was *designed to infect them*.
Call it truth in advertising."
-- David McFadzean david@lucifer.com Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/ Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/