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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham 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 05:01:29 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!falcon.america.net!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.mathworks.com!cyclone.swbell.net!nnrp1.sbc.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Pat Rogers" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada 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> Subject: Re: Latin, Shakespeare, and other irrelevant topics X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 07:00:22 -0600 NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.191.184.67 X-Complaints-To: abuse@pacbell.net X-Trace: nnrp1.sbc.net 980686825 208.191.184.67 (Sun, 28 Jan 2001 07:00:25 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 07:00:25 CST Organization: SBC Internet Services Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4632 Date: 2001-01-28T07:00:22-06:00 List-Id: "Brian Rogoff" wrote in message news:Pine.BSF.4.21.0101271915410.28283-100000@shell5.ba.best.com... > On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Robert Dewar wrote: > > In article > > , > > Brian Rogoff wrote: > > > like being forced to read Shakespeare. > > > > It's a shame to see an attitude like this. Anyone not able to > > appreciate Shakespeare is missing something pretty important > > in life > > I don't think so. You're certainly entitled to choose to appreciate > whatever you want, but it's a bit silly to make a sweeping statement > like that. There are lots of things I don't appreciate, like opera, > and country & western music. No doubt a C&W fan would make the same sort > of remark about my disdain for his preferred art form as you Shakespeare > freaks would make. There are more preferences in heaven and earth, Robert, > than are dreamt of in your philosophy. :-) > > > (the technical junk we all spend so much time with > > is not an adequate substitute :-) > > The insinuation that I'm a technical monomaniac is without any basis > in reality. I read lots of nontechnical literature. The fact that I find > Shakespeare's work shallow and boring means nothing. There is some irony here. Firstly, that you did not write precisely what you meant: "Personally, I'd much rather spend time studying math than studying Latin; the latter seems a waste of time, like being forced to read Shakespeare. " > I do find it > interesting that the Bard's fans get all worked up about it though. I've > enjoyed a few Stephen King novels (more than Shakepseare!) but when > someone says they don't like King I don't care. The Shakespeare worship > phenomena fascinates me because it has taken on the trappings of religion, > and when I reveal my distaste for this stuff someone like you or Pat Rogers > will come out with a ridiculous generalization on the power of his > words. It's almost like talking to Scientologists or ESTers. And secondly, that you've made such an emotional response.