Re: Latin, Shakespeare, and other irrelevant topics

[Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>]

In article
<Pine.BSF.4.21.0101281924120.18672-100000@shell5.ba.best.com>,
  Brian Rogoff <bpr@shell5.ba.best.com> wrote:
> Are you a country and western music fan?

Yes, so snip the "if not"


> If you do like that loathsome stuff

Boy, we certainly have some strong negative feelings on things
don't we? :-)

> please  find something you don't like and try the same
> thought experiment.

Actually I can't really think of a parellel -- something that
is very widely acknowledged to be a worth while art form that
I don't like ... hard to do -- and certainly not with the
vehemence that you trot out :-)

> Possibly, but it seems you're back to making sweeping
> statements again, which is unfortunate.

Well I think they are statements with which many would agree.

> I suppose if I am shallow, then you shouldn't
> even bother continuing.

Please read posts carefully, no one said you were shallow ...
> Now consider your beloved Bard

Sorry, he is not my "beloved Bard", please don't assume that
the rest of the world reacts with the vehemence you do in
either direction.

> > Are you REALLY saying you see
> > nothing to appreciate in Branagh's Henry V (please don't
> > tell me you haven't seen it
>
> I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I haven't seen it.

Oh that is a shame ...

> I haven't owned a TV
> for a year and a half, and am not likely to get one either,
> so I don't imagine I'll ever see it.

and that's even more of a shame, oh well ..



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