Re: Latin, Shakespeare, and other irrelevant topics

[Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>]

Brian Rogoff <bpr@shell5.ba.best.com> writes:

> On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Robert Dewar wrote:
> > In article
> > <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101262056580.20133-100000@shell5.ba.best.com>,
> >   Brian Rogoff <bpr@shell5.ba.best.com> 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. :-)

For example, read some Orson Scott Card, or Ursula K. LeGuin. There's
real emotion, real philosophy, and relevance for current times.

-- 
-- Stephe

(sorry, no Latin here :)