Smithsonian Cargo Cult article - now on-line! - General Tiki

AC Atomic Cocktail Tiki Socialite Land O' The Next Big One-L.A. Joined: Jun 25, 2002 Posts: 929	AC Atomic Cocktail Posted posted on Sat, Feb 17, 2007 10:46 AM A decent scholarly book on the subject is Road Belong Cargo by Peter Lawrence, 1964. It's somewhere in my Mom's attic if anyone wants to borrow it. Is there not a Serge Gainsbourg song entitled "Cargo Cult"? On 2006-02-01 10:46, Tiki-bot wrote: On 2006-01-31 20:31, mbonga wrote: That was before anybody knew about AIDS. How the world has changed. AIDS, or more accurately the HIV virus, has only been around (in human-infecting form) since the late 70s or so. A recent study strongly suggests the first case of HIV-1 occurred in West Africa about 1930 (give or take 15 years). The infection of flair bartending obviously happened much later.

A decent scholarly book on the subject is Road Belong Cargo by Peter Lawrence, 1964. It's somewhere in my Mom's attic if anyone wants to borrow it.

Is there not a Serge Gainsbourg song entitled "Cargo Cult"?

On 2006-02-01 10:46, Tiki-bot wrote:

On 2006-01-31 20:31, mbonga wrote:
That was before anybody knew about AIDS. How the world has changed.

AIDS, or more accurately the HIV virus, has only been around (in human-infecting form) since the late 70s or so.

A recent study strongly suggests the first case of HIV-1 occurred in West Africa about 1930 (give or take 15 years). The infection of flair bartending obviously happened much later.

Post #286236 by Atomic Cocktail on Sat, Feb 17, 2007 10:46 AM