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: 2001-01-27 19:52:11 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!hermes.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!sjc-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Brian Rogoff Subject: Re: Latin, Shakespeare, and other irrelevant topics In-Reply-To: <94vnup$kia$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Message-ID: References: <94p9fl$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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 03:51:53 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.184.139.136 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: sjc-read.news.verio.net 980653913 206.184.139.136 (Sun, 28 Jan 2001 03:51:53 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 03:51:53 GMT Organization: Verio Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4627 Date: 2001-01-28T03:51:53+00:00 List-Id: 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. 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. I spent a fair amount of time being forced to read this stuff and IMHO it sucks. If I really need to read verse there's always Vikram Seth :-) > And perhaps we should change the subject again ... Nah, this bizarre thread is really funny as it is, I love the way it changes from one topic to another. Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis. Absit invidia... -- Brian