Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site fear.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!cae780!weitek!fear!robert From: robert@fear.UUCP (Robert Plamondon) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Rape - Another Solution Message-ID: <247@fear.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 20:34:17 EDT Article-I.D.: fear.247 Posted: Tue Aug 20 20:34:17 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 08:29:52 EDT References: <2402@amdcad.UUCP> <1079@ames.UUCP> <2665@amdcad.UUCP> <2830@amdcad.UUCP> Organization: Weitek Corp. Sunnyvale Ca. Lines: 27 Summary: Another one for the (fictitious) group net.snobs In article <2830@amdcad.UUCP>, linda@amdcad.UUCP (Linda Seltzer) writes: > > You keep bringing up the same false dichotomy. Now I have to choose > > between watching RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and listening to amateur sarod > > players. Why is it not better that I do both, as the spirit moves me? > > > I will reply to all of these at once. Your comments show that > it is your taste which is limited to slick productions hyped up by the > mass media and by the "catchiness" of the presentation. When people > have the attitude that students are "amateura" not worth listening > to then their choices are determined by commercialism and slick presentation > rather than honest feeling. When I refer to emotional intensity, I > mean intensity in terms of fear, suspicion, suspense, and violence. > Quite frankly I am sure that one's taste is varied, and one can learn > to appreciate subtlety if one rejects the slick presentations of violence > offered by the mass media. "Blue noses, Mr. Rico! Millions of 'em!" Maybe in addition to net.snobs we should have net.snobs.unappreciated-artists, where the endless discussion about why artists are ignored by the vulgar can go on, leaving the rest of us in peace. -- Robert Plamondon {turtlevax, resonex, cae780}!weitek!robert