<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4916.2300" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=207223218-05112002><FONT color=#0000ff>That something is analytically separable does not mean it is autonomous.  "Culture" meaning a set of norms, values, beliefs, expectations etc. is both a product of and a factor affecting soocial instiutions.  Whether it is A'tonomous" is academic hair splitting.  The point I tried to make was that some people follow the party line so rigidly that they reject a mighty good explanation and veer toward nonsense which they would oppose under any other circumstances.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=207223218-05112002><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=207223218-05112002><FONT color=#0000ff>However, I have a more pressing issue to ponder.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=207223218-05112002><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=207223218-05112002><FONT color=#0000ff>Some time ago I switched (not voluntarily) to Outlook which seems to make a lot of decisions for me - which drives me on the wall.  It feels like an arrogant computer programmer coming to my house and telling me "let me show you a better way of arranging y our furniture"  One of these things is that soemtimes Outlook copies emails to which I am replying to as text preceded with the > characters, and sometimes as a formatted text precedeb by blue lines (such as this one).  The problem with the latter is that it does not allow be to edit the text to which I am replying and place my responses after that text.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=207223218-05112002><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=207223218-05112002><FONT color=#0000ff>Can anyone on this list tell me how I can swtich all the fucking defaults that Micro$soft packed into their idiotic Outlook and have just plain text - no talking paper clips, no auto formats, no windows popping up to "help" me, no fucking nothing, just plain text please.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=207223218-05112002><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=207223218-05112002><FONT color=#0000ff>BTW. Ted Kaczynski is my hero.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=207223218-05112002><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=207223218-05112002><FONT color=#0000ff>Thank you </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=207223218-05112002><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=207223218-05112002><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <P><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </P> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-lbo-talk@lists.panix.com [mailto:owner-lbo-talk@lists.panix.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Stannard67@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:45 PM<BR><B>To:</B> lbo-talk@lists.panix.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: high numbers of blacks in prison...<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 11/05/2002 10:36:32 AM Mountain Standard Time, sokol@jhu.edu writes: <BR><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff size=3 FAMILY="SERIF"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">How is that different from cultural?</FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SERIF"> <BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff size=3 FAMILY="SERIF">wojtek </FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SERIF"><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>For some people, it's different, for others, cultural is an extension of socioeconomic conditioning or contextualization.  I believe the latter.  Some believe culture is autonomous (eg, Stuart Hall).   <BR><BR>stannard</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>