From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fca456da8e6ec463 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-28 21:40:06 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!news.iac.net!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail From: Robert Dewar Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Latin, Shakespeare, and other irrelevant topics Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 05:29:57 GMT Organization: Deja.com Message-ID: <952v4g$1p4$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <94p9fl$a1g$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <94qbb4$bs1$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <94rkj1$d4r$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <87k87i2ha7.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <94vnup$kia$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <952hmb$niq$1@nnrp1.deja.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.14 X-Article-Creation-Date: Mon Jan 29 05:29:57 2001 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.61 [en] (OS/2; U) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x72.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.14 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDrobert_dewar Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4644 Date: 2001-01-29T05:29:57+00:00 List-Id: In article , Brian Rogoff 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 .. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/