A Modest Proposal

We've all gotten them. They spread like wildfire. You're just sitting there, and all of a sudden, you're in the middle of one. You wonder why you're doing it, but you can't help passing it on to everyone you know.

The meme.

meme (n)-A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.

You know--the email with the stupid questions: "Name three things you would take with you on a trip to the beach." "What would you do for a million dollars?" "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck..."

Ok, so maybe not that last question. But these things abound on the internet, and as I pointed out in a comment on Psycho Soccer Mom's blog, there's folks that think the meme is the basic unit of cultural evolution...they help define our society.

So...why don't we help define our society? Why can't we build our own meme, and start it circulating? Ask questions that might get people thinking about the disconnect between what they believe to be right and wrong, and what the current government is doing?

I'm going to start thinking about it tomorrow--past my bedtime now here on the East Coast. If anyone can come up with some questions...any one at all--even you, Dude--post them in the comment section.

Let's see what happens.

Yeharr