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: 2001-01-29 08:28:00 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Latin, Shakespeare, and other irrelevant topics Date: 29 Jan 2001 11:16:25 -0500 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 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> NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 980785769 29549 128.183.220.71 (29 Jan 2001 16:29:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: dscoggin@cne-odin.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 Jan 2001 16:29:29 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.6 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4659 Date: 2001-01-29T16:29:29+00:00 List-Id: Brian Rogoff writes: > 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. :-) 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 :)