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Mountain Fukari schizomythia functions as a selectively permeable cultural membrane

Tony Hamiltonian

Institute of Sociophysiology (ISOCPHYS)
Owlstain, FZ 23632
e-mail: tony@isocphys.org

Communicated by Prof. K. Devi, December 22, 1997.
Any living organism maintains an integrity of membrane. But this membrane, to maintain life, must be, at times, under certain conditions, permeable. A vibrant culture (one that is not moribund) is a living organism: it possesses a selectively permeable membrane of sorts. Among the mountain Fukari of Wyoming and Flouziana, schizomythia (specifically, Tlaatlaata myths) functions as just such a selectively permeable cultural membrane, allowing in foreign words, phrases, concepts, etc. without resulting in dilution or appropriation of the existing indigenous culture or language. A comparison can be made to the Huerta-Fukari of Aseli-Abenaseli in the Arathu Sea, the cultural membrane of which, under the recursive mirror effects of dual linguality (Sihlaucal and Coastal Fukari), proved too porous to withstand the sudden intrusion of Arabic, Koranic, Russian, Spanish and French influences (in that order), and consequently, Tlaatlaata has been reduced to simply a Holy Sinner, and Huerta-Fukari culture is a jumbled mass of flesh, a festering wound, a cultural linguistic mishmash.

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